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

Chapter 532:

Eric froze, mind blank for a moment. What did the doctor mean? Was it… what he thought it was?

The doctor’s next words confirmed exactly what Eric feared.

“Also, Mr. Flynn, for now, please try to avoid any… intimacy.”

Eric’s expression darkened. “Got it.” His voice came out gruff, clipped. “I’ll take my leave, then.”

Once the doctor was gone, Eric turned back to the bedroom. Without a word, he walked into the bathroom, ran a warm bath, and then returned to the bed. Leaning down, he slipped an arm beneath Hadley. The moment her body lifted slightly off the mattress, her eyes snapped open.

“What are you doing now?” she demanded. “You find me like this and you still can’t help but take advantage of me?”

Her breath hitched, but she didn’t hold back. “Go find someone else. I don’t want to see your face right now!”

to get under his skin? What kind of

of man who strays—who looks elsewhere when things get hard. That’s not who I am. No matter how upset you are,

tense expression, his

really that

provoke him—to push him just far enough to

s . com is

chuckle, light and airy, as she looped her arms around his neck. Her fingers traced absent

she murmured, tilting her head ever so slightly. “We’re together, sure,

strike through his chest. She didn’t like

the brief flicker of pain in his gaze, kept smiling. “I mean, I’m a pretty open-minded person. These days, even marriages can be open. Spouses have their own thing, no expectations, no restrictions. Why should we be any different? Don’t

Hadley continued, her fingers trailing lightly down his chest. “You might not have a

like a whip. The teasing died