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.”

will.” Hadley smiled, gently squeezing her

cigarette dangling lazily from his lips, his eyes narrowing at Elissa with a smirk dripping in

her, yet Robin’s voice rang clear as a bell. Her nerves got the better of her, and she clung to Hadley’s

all, who had snuffed out

stare. “What are you doing here? Haven’t you already turned Elissa’s world upside down? You’ve robbed

faltered, a shadow of some fleeting, unreadable

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Elissa, blind?

Let me take a look…” He

terror rippling through her. “Keep your hands off

hands off you? Elissa, have you forgotten? As your husband, I’ve got every right to lay a finger on

tugged her toward him with a

his grasp, quaking like a leaf. “Let me go, please! Just

free, but her efforts fell short, panic tightening its grip on her. “What do you want from

and he tread carefully not to cross that line. “Mrs. Flynn, this is a private affair between me and Elissa. I would suggest