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

or not wouldn’t change a thing, so

from his and gave him a

now. She is

searching her

gaze toward the window, her voice

my rest.

sensing the undercurrent of her displeasure beneath her composed

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couldn’t ignore the

“Then… I’ll be off.”

smile soft as she nodded

the closet to change. When he returned,

sudden tightness gripped his chest, an unease

“Hadley, I’m heading out.”

faint, her position unchanged, offering no further words or

a heartbeat, hoping for something more,

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