Too Late, Mr. Billionaire: You Can't Afford Me by Thedora Birnir

Chapter 463:

“Ms. Pearson…”

“I’m alright.”

Hadley turned away, her teeth sinking into her lower lip to keep the flood of emotions at bay.

Pausing at the ward door, she inhaled deeply, willing the tears to retreat. She couldn’t let even a flicker of her turmoil show in front of Joy.

With a gentle push, she opened the door to the ward, the silence inside wrapping around her like a heavy cloak. The bed lay empty. Joy was nowhere to be seen.

Down in the first-floor lobby, Eric had just bid farewell to a business partner who had come to visit him and was making his way back to his ward. Out of the corner of his eye, a small, familiar figure caught his attention.

Huh?

back for a

the little girl he had met

over and knelt down to

“Hmm?”

into a bright smile as she recognized Eric.

doing here, little one?

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mean by that? Eric arched a brow. Was she asking

him, he couldn’t possibly play the miser. Fishing out his wallet, he dropped a few coins into the slot and

“Wow!”

clapped her tiny hands in delight.

burst of affection, she flung herself into Eric’s

a hushed whisper against his ear, she asked, “Do you know what it means

The innocence of such a young child asking about something as profound as death caught him

she was a patient here. What could her condition be? The thought