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 order to keep Ernest close hadn’t been such a

to rest that

early and wandered downstairs, only to find Linda awake

Linda called from the kitchen, giving him a warm wave. “Come sit

I’m making breakfast. Toast with butter, eggs,

breakfast?” Eric echoed, setting aside the coffee he’d just lifted to his lips. “What

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we had everything we needed in the fridge, so I decided to make us

to cook at home.” Normally, he’d just eat out when

Linda’s smile

out a gentle sigh. “You’re so considerate toward Hadley… Ernest never bothered with the little things like that for me.” She had spent so many years by Ernest’s side. True,

he almost never took the initiative to

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

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