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

Chapter 810:

Her gaze was distant, thoughts racing silently behind her eyes. Perhaps, at last, the opportunity she’d been waiting for had presented itself.

Arriving at the hospital, Hadley stepped out just as Linda’s car pulled up. The two women exchanged only a brief glance before walking side by side toward the emergency entrance.

“This way,” Theodore said, quickly leading them inside. But Hadley had already spotted him.

The curtain parted, revealing Eric seated calmly, his left arm elevated, forearm neatly wrapped in clean white bandages. He appeared composed and unharmed beyond the obvious wound—exactly as Theodore had described.

“Eric!”

“Eric!”

Hadley and Linda called his name simultaneously.

reached out, gently pulling her back with a smirk. “Back off—he’s my

momentarily stunned, as she hurried

“Hadley, stop! You shouldn’t run like that—it’s

closing the distance quickly before throwing herself into his arms, hugging him tightly around

slightly from the unexpected impact, momentarily stunned by her sudden display

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gaze to his face, her

it,” Eric stammered, unusually flustered, his Adam’s apple

heated argument that morning, he had assumed reconciliation

here she was, willingly and warmly nestled in his

all—maybe he still held a place in her heart. Eric silently acknowledged the chance before him; Hadley had given him an opening, and

around her waist. “It’s