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

Chapter 474:

Her easy agreement threw him off. He’d expected resistance. As she pushed off the table, she swayed on her feet.

Eric caught her arm before she tipped over, smirking. “Miss Pearson, are you sure you can still find your way?”

“Mm!” Hadley bobbed her head and pointed toward the front door. “That way.”

“Tsk.” He let out a low chuckle. “Brilliant. Come on. I’ll take you.”

Hadley didn’t resist as he guided her upstairs.

The moment they stepped into her room, she slipped free from his grip and disappeared into the bathroom.

“Hadley?”

Eric lingered by the door, unsure if she was sick. He didn’t step in and just waited.

Minutes passed. Still nothing.

His chest tightened. He rapped his knuckles against the door. “Hadley, you good in there?”

even a

Eric knocked harder, his pulse quickening. “If you

His jaw

find her sitting

kneeling. “What’s wrong?

and met his gaze. Then, out of nowhere, she

no warmth in it. Eric’s stomach sank.

Lᴀt?st chαptєrs in ɢ?lnovels.???

“Where does it hurt?”

Hadley shook her head, that unreadable smile still in

“Really?”

one she had the

“Let’s get you up.”

arm, pulling her

before he could help her stand, she suddenly gripped his arm and whispered, “Eric, I’ve

to a

for the steady rise and fall of his own breath—the hammering in his chest—Eric might’ve thought

that again.” Had he

was sober. She was the one who’d been drinking, so he hadn’t