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

Chapter 790:

“Denver,” Hadley said gently, stepping closer.

“Hadley.” Denver lifted his gaze and rose. The faint curve of his smile didn’t reach his eyes—he looked sad, not angry.

They stood there, eyes locked, their silence stretching on.

At the archive room’s threshold, Linda’s lips curled into a smirk. So it really was Denver! With a flick of her wrist, she whipped out her phone, snapped a quick photo of the pair, and sent it off.

“You…”

“Hey…”

Both Hadley and Denver spoke at the same time but froze, awkwardly falling silent for several seconds. Suddenly, laughter broke through as they realized they’d spoken at once.

“You go first.” Denver motioned gently towards Hadley.

expression carefully before saying softly, “How are you holding up? You’re not too upset,

slight smile. “Really.” Truthfully, he felt hesitant to admit it, but the pain

odd sense of

had always been his mother’s choice, not his own. Wilma had pressured

by Astrid’s deception, but strangely, he

f0und

Astrid had always hovered somewhere between friendship

not for Astrid; it was meant for someone

tears as he hesitated before whispering, “Forgive me.

froze, stunned, confusion evident in her

he’d appeared in front of her now. Eyes reddening slightly, Denver

know everything now,

he know? Hadley was

really happened that day in Blathe…” Denver slowly continued. “You were innocent all along. It wasn’t you—it was my