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

Chapter 694:

Eric’s heart stuttered, his fingers tightening around her hand.

“Hadley, I…”

“Go on, then,” Hadley interjected, her voice steady as a still lake.

“If they called you this late, it must be pressing. Don’t linger here explaining—just go.”

“Hadley?” Eric blinked, caught off guard by her composure.

“You’re not upset?”

“Not in the least.” Hadley offered a gentle smile, shaking her head, before her tone shifted with a sudden curiosity.

“But let’s say, just for argument’s sake, I were upset and asked you to stay. Would you?”

Eric froze, his expression a canvas of conflicted emotions, answering more than words ever could.

with a

not wouldn’t change a thing,

her hand from his and gave him a nudge, her touch light but

now.

her face

Hadley turned her gaze toward

and I need my rest. You should get

profile, sensing the undercurrent of her displeasure beneath her composed

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“Then… I’ll be off.”

Hadley murmured, her smile soft as she

returned, Hadley had already settled back down, her back to him

gripped his chest, an unease he

“Hadley, I’m heading out.”

was faint, her position unchanged, offering no further words or even

a heartbeat, hoping for something