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

Chapter 565:

“Steady now, Hadley! Steady!” she chided herself, trying to tame the whirlwind of her emotions.

She could settle her nerves with a quick trip to the pharmacy. With the evening’s performance still hours away, Hadley slipped out during a break in rehearsals and made her way to a nearby drugstore. After purchasing what she needed, she hurried back to the dance studio, her heart thudding like a drum as she locked herself in a bathroom stall and unwrapped the pregnancy test.

She pored over the instructions with care, following each step as if it…

Were it a sacred ritual,

Then, closing her eyes, she pressed her hands together, her lips moving in a silent plea.

“Please, oh please,” she whispered to herself. “Please let it show two lines.”

If it did, she might finally be free from the shadow of Eric’s ever-changing moods!

Five agonizing minutes ticked by.

breath held tight in her chest as she lifted the test with trembling fingers. And there, staring back

a doubt, Hadley saw it—two

gasp escaped her lips as she clasped her hand over her mouth, a surge of exhilaration washing

was a positive

She was indeed expecting!

she

it been since she and Eric had been together? And now, a

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of it all echoed similarly. Barely two months into their marriage, having been intimate only a few times, and she was expecting. “Oh, this is

with joy, Hadley found

all was now right in her world. She

worry about lowering herself before Eric—because she didn’t need

you, thank you!” A rush of excitement surged through Hadley as she whispered

as well,” she

all past grievances against him. The next time they crossed paths, she would engage him