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

Chapter 653:

“Back!”

What just happened?

Hadley was taken aback. Joy was usually such a well-behaved child, and now she was openly defying her mother for the first time. Was it because of Eric, a man who had never played a significant role in her life?

A shadow fell over Hadley’s face. “Joy, I asked you to remove those hairpins. Did you not hear me?”

Seeing her mother’s serious demeanor, Joy shivered; it was unfamiliar to see her mother so stern.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and her bottom lip trembled.

“You’re not being fair, Mommy! Waaah…”

Upset, she dashed into her room, saying, “I don’t want to talk to Mommy anymore!”

“Joy!”

shocked by

“What’s going on here?”

by the sudden flare-up between

for Joy to accept gifts like that, but this shouldn’t cause a rift between you two over

“You’re right.”

her own overreaction, Hadley

Joy’s door, took

𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩: 𝙜ⱥ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀・𝙘𝙤𝙢

curled up under her

with a tender smile, Hadley said, “It’s Mommy. I came to say I’m

appeared from under the blanket, gazing up

was soft, her eyes slightly moist. “I overreacted. Can

softly, her voice tinged with vulnerability as she nestled

and her daughter,

don’t be mad.

with regret as she held her daughter closer. “I promise, it won’t happen

they embraced, easing Hadley’s