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

Chapter 514:

Eric’s body stiffened. His fingers curled at his sides. How could that be?

The man huffed, folding his arms. “Tenant moved out weeks ago. Place has been empty ever since.”

The neighbor shot him a smirk, sizing him up. “Guess you two weren’t as close as you thought, huh?” Then—slam. The door shut in Eric’s face.

Eric stood motionless, the world tilting slightly beneath him. Hadley didn’t live here anymore. She was gone. She didn’t even mention it to him!

Eric’s vision dimmed for a moment, his frustration mounting.

Where could Hadley have gone?

Leaving the building, he wasted no time—calling property management, Phillips, anyone who could help.

By the time he made it back to Silver Villas, the surveillance footage had already been retrieved. His gaze locked onto the screen. There she was—Hadley—hurrying out of his house, slipping into a taxi. But the footage only captured part of the license plate. Just a few digits. Not enough to trace.

“Phillips!”

to ask—he already knew what Eric wanted. “I’ll have someone

was a lead. They had the car’s color, model, and partial

They needed more. Hadley hadn’t been back in Srixby long, and

mind raced. Her colleagues at

𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢

Right, Elissa! He vaguely remembered Hadley staying at Elissa’s place once to avoid Denver. And if

At this hour, she was at the dance troupe, just like the rest of Hadley’s colleagues—none of

Where

she had come

But then—his heart pounded.

There was still… Denver.

but Denver was

she have gone to