Chapter 475:

She knew this road led nowhere, yet she couldn’t turn back.

For Joy, she would have given up everything—even her life. So really, how unbearable could being with Eric be?

They each took what they wanted—it was that simple.

A fair trade.

Hadley’s fingers curled around his arm, her touch feather-light. “Mm, okay.” Something inside Eric cracked wide open. His chest tightened, pulse thundering in his ears. With one arm wrapped around her, he gently tilted her chin up with the other. His gaze burned into hers.

“Then… can I kiss you?”

In that moment, nothing else existed—just her, just this. Just the thought of tasting her lips.

Hadley gave a small nod.

started to lean in, her eyelids

“Hadley?”

down at her. Deep,

“Seriously…”

fallen asleep just like

should’ve let her drink. With how low her tolerance was,

out of the bathroom and laying her gently on

hair from her face, tucking

Ł𝖆𝖙𝖾𝘀𝖙 𝙘ђ𝖺𝐩𝑡𝖾𝗋𝘀 ɡ⍺𝗅ⓝ𝗈ν𝓮𝗅𝓈﹒ⅽ𝗈𝗺

watching her, unwilling to

time in the world.” With that, he switched off the light

lay still, staring at the ceiling, her breath unsteady. Silent

was already up—not that he had slept much. He needed to be sure

Hadley would wake up today, remember nothing, and deny

door, knocking lightly. “You awake? Mind if I come

surprise, the door

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