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

Chapter 825:

“Bye, Mr. Hayes.”

“See you.”

“Hadley…” Elissa’s voice broke the silence as she reached for Hadley’s arm once Zane had gone. She had stayed quiet through the exchange, but she had pieced together the gist of it. “Are you leaving Srixby?”

“Yes,” Hadley admitted, her tone steady and honest. She had no reason to keep it from Elissa. “Once everything’s squared away, I’ll be on my way.”

“What about Mr. Flynn?” Elissa’s brow furrowed in confusion. “Aren’t things going swimmingly between you two?”

Hadley smiled gently, easing Elissa to her feet. “I’ll fill you in on the walk.”

Their conversation flowed as they made their way back to Redmarsh. After hearing Hadley’s reasoning, Elissa gripped her hand tightly, her voice soft but firm. “Hadley, just listen to your heart.”

gently squeezing her friend’s

stepped out of the elevator. He leaned against the apartment door, a cigarette dangling lazily from his lips, his eyes narrowing at Elissa with a smirk dripping in sarcasm. “What, still kicking? I figured I would be

clear as a bell. Her nerves got the better of her, and she clung to Hadley’s arm like a lifeline,

who

forward like a shield and fixing Robin with an icy stare. “What are you doing here? Haven’t you already turned Elissa’s

a shadow of some fleeting, unreadable emotion flickering

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Elissa, blind?

serious? She’s blind? Let me take a look…” He reached out,

back, terror rippling through her. “Keep your hands off

rejection lit a fuse in Robin, his eyes blazing with fury. “Keep my hands off you?

toward him with a force that brooked no

like a leaf. “Let me go, please! Just let

but her efforts fell short, panic tightening its grip on her. “What do

that she was with Eric, and he tread carefully not to cross that line. “Mrs. Flynn,