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

Chapter 494:

Footsteps then broke the silence. Eric looked up sharply.

“Are you up now?”

Hadley approached, her hair neatly braided down her slender back.

Eric swallowed. It hadn’t been a dream—she had been there.

“Where were you?” he asked, a slight note of grievance in his voice.

“Just in the kitchen,” Hadley replied, gesturing toward it. “Your fridge was pretty empty, so I whipped up some sandwiches. And there’s a big pot of coffee, considering you drank last night.”

She stooped to retrieve the blanket, folding it carefully. Looking up, she asked, “How are you feeling now? Is your head still bothering you?”

“It’s better,” Eric replied, shaking his head slightly. “Just a little dizzy, that’s all.”

that’s to

put this away. You should wash up and eat something—it’ll make you

“Alright… thanks.”

the food on the table, bathed in the soft morning light, which cast a gentle glow

word, he gently wrapped both arms around her waist, drawing her

Hadley stiffened briefly, caught off guard by his sudden closeness. Yet the tension left her

neck. His voice was quiet yet earnest. “Linda and I have known each

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her. Was he

isn’t true—there’s

grew strained as he admitted, “Yes, I’ve cared for her over

his way of reassuring

couldn’t see her expression, otherwise her skepticism would have been

carefully neutral, eager to end this conversation

thoughts didn’t match