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

Chapter 746:

“Doctor.” Hadley hurried forward, her pulse quickening. “How is my friend?”

The doctor’s frown deepened, his expression unreadable. “Her other injuries are treatable,” he said, his voice hesitant, “however… her liver damage is more severe than we initially thought.”

The doctor sighed before asking, “Where is her family? No one came?”

Hadley froze. How could she possibly explain that Elissa’s husband was the one who had done this to her— that the person who should be by her side was the reason she was in the hospital at all?

“Let’s just focus on getting her admitted first.”

“All right.”

Without missing a beat, Ernest took over, handling the admission paperwork and ensuring Elissa was placed in a private room.

in bandages, her face pale against the stark white sheets. But the worst part— the

doctor’s words echoed in her

“Hadley!”

fingers trembling as they reached out, searching. “Where are you? Why… why is it so dark? Didn’t you turn on

“Elissa…”

tried to steady herself, but her voice betrayed her, shaking

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the sound, an eerie stillness settling over her. A deep, gnawing unease crept through her

“My eyes…”

hand tightly, willing herself to

and

couldn’t bring herself to

shallow. “No… No, I can’t be… I’m

steady her. “It’s not certain! Your eyes are just swollen—they had to

hands shot up, fingers trembling as they clawed at the bandages. “Then let