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

Chapter 698:

Ernest seemed to read the situation instantly. He stood, straightening his coat.

“Hadley, I’ll leave Eric to you,” he said. “I’m going to check on Linda.”

Hadley met his gaze, hesitating for only a fraction of a second before nodding.

“Okay.”

She remained seated, watching as Ernest walked away. His steps were firm, purposeful.

The worry that had been clouding her mind all night suddenly felt… misplaced.

What was she even worrying about?

The one who should be concerned wasn’t her, and it wasn’t her turn…

A tired sigh escaped her lips. She leaned back in the chair, closing her eyes. The exhaustion she had been holding at bay finally crept in, numbing her thoughts.

slipped away

“Hadley… Hadley?”

brow furrowed as she blinked awake, her mind sluggish from exhaustion. The overhead

crossed, his expression caught somewhere between shock

in surgery, and she was out here sleeping? Didn’t she

up,” he said briskly. “The surgery is over.

“Oh, okay.”

tales

the operating room were open. At some point, Ernest had returned. He was standing just ahead, speaking to the doctor in

directly to a VIP ward,” the doctor

critical to worry about. He will need time to recover, but rest assured, his

you, Doctor.” Ernest nodded, his tone

stepped forward, her voice

“Ernest?”

toward her, his sharp gaze scanning her face. His frown deepened slightly as

a regular ward. We can see him