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!”

chest. Was she trying to get under his skin?

gaze locked onto hers, piercing and unreadable. “But you’re mine, just like I’m yours. I’m not the kind of man who strays—who looks elsewhere when things get hard. That’s not who I am. No matter how upset you are, please

at Eric’s tense expression, his features

really that

said nothing. Wasn’t this exactly what she wanted? To provoke

s . com is your destination

let out another soft 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, but you don’t like me. And

mouth, Eric felt a sharp, unseen force strike

even marriages can be open. Spouses have their own thing, no expectations, no restrictions. Why should

fingers trailing lightly down his chest. “You might not have a

voice cracked through the air like a whip. The teasing died on her lips as his