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

Chapter 559:

Once her initial surprise faded, a strange twinge of hurt welled up inside her, something she couldn’t quite name.

“Eric.” Linda’s voice slipped into a soft laugh. “Are you actually in love with Hadley?”

Love?

For a moment, Eric looked as though he’d been struck.

What was love? It was a word too heavy to toss around casually. Rather than answering directly, he sidestepped. “Hadley’s my girlfriend. Of course I’d make allowances for her.”

He really said that?

The corners of Linda’s mouth lifted into a taut, chilly smile. He seemed to have forgotten that Hadley was once his wife—someone he certainly hadn’t cared for this much back then.

He’d changed.

Eric and Hadley to stay together in

barely managed to

and wandered downstairs, only to find

from the kitchen, giving him a warm

out a chair at the table, and Linda came over with a steaming mug. “Have some coffee first. I’m making breakfast. Toast with butter, eggs, and bacon…

echoed, setting aside the coffee he’d just lifted to his lips.

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Linda said, offering a wry smile. “I saw we had

here, it’s simpler to cook at home.” Normally, he’d just eat out when

Linda’s smile tightened ever

things like that for me.” She had spent so many years by Ernest’s side.

never took the initiative to anticipate what she

“Don’t dwell on it. Your situation with Ernest is different. Aren’t you in

rarely had to go through Ernest to get