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.

said with

not wouldn’t change a thing, so why dwell

and gave him a nudge, her touch

now.

hesitated, searching her face for something—anything—to

turned her gaze toward the window, her voice

late, and I need my rest. You should

undercurrent of her

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couldn’t ignore the call

“Then… I’ll be off.”

murmured, her smile soft as she

closet to change. When he returned, Hadley had already settled back down,

his chest, an

“Hadley, I’m heading out.”

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

for a heartbeat, hoping for something more, but the