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

Chapter 598:

“Besides, you handled it well. Joy is fine now, right?”

“Fine?” Melba pointed to Joy, who appeared distressed. “No, she’s frightened.”

Seeing the tears welling in Melba’s eyes, Hadley realized just how rattled she truly was.

“Melba, why don’t you take a breather? I’ll look after Joy. I can help her settle down.”

“Okay.” Melba nodded. “Joy feels closest to you. Just being near you will help her forget the scare.”

“You’re right,” Hadley said, offering a gentle smile.

That night, as Hadley bathed Joy in the soothing warmth of the bathroom, she placed Joy’s favorite rubber duck in the tub. But Joy didn’t giggle as she usually did.

Hadley sensed that something was seriously amiss.

“My dear Joy, is something bothering you today?”

looked up, her big eyes

twinge of anxiety. “What’s troubling you, Joy? Can’t you share

shook her head. Though young, she sensed that her question might disturb her mother, which was why she had

and a dad, right? With both a mom and a dad, that’s how I came to be,

froze, her mind momentarily blank as the question hung

imagined that Joy’s worries would

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Joy took her first breath, Hadley had known this day would

from love

resentment

years, Hadley had skirted the issue, never

was destined to happen couldn’t

unshed tears as she tugged at

twisted painfully, and she managed

brightened. “Mom, where is Dad? Why hasn’t he ever come to see me? Doesn’t he

heart felt as if it might crumble. “No, that’s not