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

Chapter 555:

Hadley was already in bed, her breathing slow and steady, but he wasn’t convinced she was fully asleep.

Moving quietly, he entered the walk-in closet, retrieved a set of clothes, and returned to sit at the edge of the bed.

He hesitated for a second, then spoke softly, not wanting to startle her. “Hey.”

No response. But he wasn’t fooled. The slight flutter of her eyelashes gave her away.

He continued anyway. “Linda is staying in the guest room downstairs tonight. I took a set of your clothes for her. Do you think this set is okay?”

At that, Hadley’s eyes slowly opened. She didn’t look at the clothes. Instead, she let out a quiet chuckle, her voice tinged with amusement and mild irritation. “I was just about to fall asleep, and you woke me up for this? Why does it even matter?”

Eric reached for her hand, feeling the slight tension in her fingers. “Because they’re your clothes,” he said gently. “I figured I should ask you.”

a soft, lazy

not mine. You make the decisions, not me. Didn’t you already decide

lowered his voice. “It’s late, she was

thoughtful of him,

bother arguing. It wasn’t worth

you. That was my mistake…” He paused, studying her

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He could tell she wasn’t exactly thrilled after everything that had

for these clothes,” he added, glancing at the neatly folded set in his hands. “I noticed you hadn’t even removed the tags, so I figured you didn’t like them

on. She’s waiting, isn’t she? Don’t keep

but Eric felt no relief. In fact, an unexpected

bother him that she

brow when she noticed he was still sitting

finally standing

“Mhm.”