Chapter 546:

“The firefighters have arrived!”

The golf course’s staff moved quickly, stepping in to control the crowd. “Everyone, please step back! Don’t block the rescue efforts!” Hadley followed along with the shifting crowd, stepping back as instructed.

“Hadley!”

A voice, urgent and unmistakable, rose above the commotion.

She turned toward the sound, her eyes scanning the mass of people until she saw him. Eric. Dressed in his sportswear, his hair slightly disheveled, his face unusually tense.

“Hadley!”

He raised his arm high, waving to make sure she saw him. “Wait right there—don’t move!”

Hadley frowned in confusion but nodded. “Okay.”

She barely had time to process what was happening before Eric finally broke through the last of the crowd, coming to an abrupt stop in front of her.

heavily, his breath still unsteady. His hand lifted

scanning, as though trying to convince himself she was real. That

came out quieter than before, raw and

“Are you okay?”

ice

Eric’s expression was hard to read as he answered his own

where dreams

usually sharp, controlled demeanor wavered, flickering between overwhelming relief and something

parted slightly in

hell

sudden outburst startled Hadley, his voice sharp with

His fists clenched at his sides as he stared at her. “Didn’t

get ice cream.” She frowned, realization dawning. “Wait. You—” She narrowed

finish, Eric stepped forward and

her mind

What was happening now?

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