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

Chapter 764

Chapter 764:

“Guess who I ran into today?” Hadley narrowed her eyes, a teasing lilt in her voice.

“Who?” Eric furrowed his brows, genuinely puzzled.

Hadley scoffed, her arms folding across her chest. “Oh, drop the act.”

“What?” Eric ran a hand through his hair. “You’re here as a mentor for the show, right? So… let me guess. Linda?”

Hadley arched a brow, her silence speaking louder than words.

“I swear, I had no idea!” Eric protested. “East Entertainment Media—it was Ernest’s creation, built for Linda. Now that he’s awake, of course, he’s looking after her career again. You have to believe me…”

Hadley neither confirmed nor denied whether she believed him. Her phone buzzed in her hand.

caller

drew in a breath

flustered female voice

“Elissa?”

so long since she’d last seen or heard from Elissa—ever since she was discharged from the hospital.

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small, startled gasp escaped Elissa—then the call abruptly ended. “Elissa? Elissa?” Hadley called out, but the

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bewildered. What just happened? Elissa had reached out—yet barely spoken. The entire call had ended in mere

on her phone tightened, a deep frown etching across her face. Something was definitely

everything okay?” Eric didn’t have much interest in Elissa’s affairs, but he couldn’t

was because Eric was the only one here. Maybe it was because, despite everything, he had been showing her unexpected kindness lately. Or maybe—without realizing it—she had started

She unlocked her phone, quickly scrolling to the call log before showing him. “Elissa just called me, but her