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

Chapter 547:

Hadley, still pressed against his chest, stared blankly ahead. Was he slowly going insane?

Before she could process it, she felt him shift against her. His weight was getting heavier, pressing into her.

She grunted. “Eric—hey! Get off! You’re crushing me!”

“I don’t care,” Eric muttered, completely unbothered, resting his head heavily on her shoulder.

“My legs… they feel weak. I can’t stand.”

“You?” Hadley scoffed, unimpressed. “Weak in the knees?”

She then shoved at him, glaring. “Enough of the dramatics—get up!”

Eric tightened his embrace, resting his head against Hadley’s shoulder, his breath warm against her skin.

“Don’t you know why my legs feel weak?”

her throat. She wasn’t sure how to respond. Then, in a low whisper, Eric murmured against her ear, “You scared me to death. Just let me stay like this…

Hadley froze.

chaos around them seemed to blur,

did he mean by

No. This wasn’t good.

not-so-subtle, that he cared about her

chapters

Was she imagining it?

That would be a

his

“What’s that?”

still dazed, instinctively raised it.

“Yeah.”

warning—leaned down and took a massive

at Eric. The ice cream she had just

she said slowly, her voice dangerously

his laughter, his