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.”

smiled, gently squeezing

leaned against the apartment door, a cigarette dangling lazily from his

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

all, who

a shield and fixing Robin with an icy stare. “What are you doing here? Haven’t you already turned Elissa’s world upside down? You’ve

some fleeting, unreadable emotion flickering

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Elissa, blind?

me take a look…” He reached out,

Elissa shrank back, terror rippling through

blazing with fury. “Keep my hands off you? Elissa, have you forgotten? As your husband, I’ve got every

pinpoint precision, he seized Elissa’s wrist and tugged her toward him with a force that brooked no

Elissa stumbled into his grasp, quaking like a leaf.

Hadley lunged to pull her friend free, but her efforts fell short, panic tightening its grip on her. “What do you want

none of your concern!” Robin shot Hadley a frosty glance, mindful that she was with Eric, and he tread carefully not to cross that line. “Mrs. Flynn, this