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

Chapter 762

Chapter 762:

By afternoon, the artists trickled in one by one. Her group consisted of six members, though how many would survive the competition’s ruthless winnowing remained to be seen. Hadley waited in a modest conference room. Linda was the last to arrive.

“Apologies for being late,” Linda announced as she entered, slipping off her down coat and passing it to her assistant. Among the group, she was the most well-known. Naturally, no one dared hold her tardiness against her.

“No issue.”

“We just got here too…”

Linda flashed a smile at her new colleagues and then glanced up—and her expression shifted the moment she spotted Hadley at the head of the table. “Hadley?”

The production assistant blinked in curiosity. “You two know each other?”

“Know each other?” Linda echoed, flicking her hair with practiced ease before throwing Hadley a teasing wink. “We grew up together.”

Hadley felt an invisible laugh coil in her throat—sharp, cold, and utterly silent. Some childhood friends were worse than strangers.

“That’s fantastic!”

the chill in the air. “Miss Pearson is leading

“Hadley, I’m counting

responded with a faint, unreadable

in the air. So it was true—Linda was already on a fast track. The rest of them would

𝓣𝓻𝓾𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭: ⲅ𝖺𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫽𝖼𝗈𝗺

the debut performance,

sections, ranging from brief moments

you’ve trained in any dance

the artist at the far end. “Let’s go around

“Alright, Miss Pearson…”

you have some dance experience, let’s move

“Got it.”

“Sure.”

of movement, but as the hours passed, Hadley began forming a clear picture of her