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

Chapter 481:

“Ohhh…”

Another round of laughter followed, teasing remarks flying, but Eric didn’t seem to mind.

“You’re all too damn loud!”

Eric laughed, shaking his head as he swatted away his friends’ teasing remarks. Ignoring their whistles and knowing smirks, he took Hadley’s hand and led her into the yacht’s cabin.

“We’ll stay here tonight,” he said casually, glancing at her. “In the morning, we’ll watch the sunrise over the sea.”

Huh? Hadley blinked, caught off guard.

That… sounded dangerously romantic.

Wait—was this something they were supposed to be doing?

plan would make perfect sense. But they were anything but.

Eric frowned slightly. “You don’t

it could even be called that—seriously. He had chosen this

was just part of keeping up appearances—bringing her around his friends, making their relationship seem real enough to avoid suspicion from

sunrise at sea sounds interesting,” she said at last, her tone light. “I’ve never seen one

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playing at his

the room, then back at him. Arching

as he leaned in, gently

we’ve decided to be together,

then shook her head.

hovered near her cheek. “May I

off guard, Hadley managed a tense smile. “Yes, you may.” She then shut her eyes and slightly lifted her chin. Resigned to the moment, she chose to

“Hadley…”

raised his hand to her chin, his touch grazing her lips. The touch was new and unsettling to Hadley, causing discomfort she couldn’t express, her

his throat tightening with emotion, finally acted on