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?”

Then, in a low whisper, Eric murmured against her ear, “You scared

Hadley froze.

around them seemed to blur, the sounds of sirens and distant voices fading into the

did he mean by

No. This wasn’t good.

different—dropping hints, subtle and not-so-subtle, that he cared about her more than

the chapters

Was she imagining it?

wasn’t… That would be a

lifted his head, his gaze falling on

“What’s that?”

still dazed, instinctively raised it. “An

“Yeah.”

then—without warning—leaned down and took a

Eric. The ice cream she had just bought—the

she said slowly, her voice dangerously

barely held back his laughter, his expression one of