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!”

by Joy’s

“What’s going on here?”

the sudden flare-up between

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

“You’re right.”

overreaction, Hadley felt

She paused at Joy’s door, took a deep breath to collect herself, and said softly, “Joy, Mommy’s coming in,

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found Joy curled up under her

smile, Hadley said, “It’s

under the

sweetheart.” Hadley’s voice was soft, her eyes slightly moist. “I overreacted. Can

with vulnerability

a mother and her

be mad. It

she held her daughter closer. “I

enveloped them as they embraced,