Chapter 491:

“Ah! It hurts! Let go!” Linda shrieked, tears brimming in her eyes.

“Hadley!”

Eric rushed forward, grabbing Hadley’s wrist. “Let go! Now!”

Nyla and Ernest were still waiting!

But Hadley didn’t let go. Didn’t even flinch.

Eric had no choice but to tighten his grip, prying Hadley’s fingers from Linda’s hair.

She hesitated for a second, then let out a low, bitter laugh. “You two really know how to put on a show.”

“Hadley!”

“What?”

Eric’s jaw tightened, his usually controlled expression clouded with frustration. His eyes burned with something unreadable—something dangerously close to fury.

think I’m

“Absolutely.”

The truth too much for you? Or are you just too much of a coward to face it, Mr.

“Hadley!”

dropped, low and deliberate. He gripped her chin, tilting her face up until their eyes locked. His gaze was unreadable, but the weight behind it pressed into

how you feel, why did you even say yes when I asked you to be

just as abruptly, he let go and turned away. Without sparing Linda a glance, he strode

“Eric, wait!”

after him, fingers fumbling to fix

frozen, the moment replaying

a sharp exhale, she knocked her

acted

she

that the illusion was shattered, how was she supposed to keep pretending

the next two days, Eric didn’t call

flowers he sent to the studio?

nagging at the back of her

Was their arrangement over?

him. That

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