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

Chapter 843:

The more she thought, the more unbearable it became. Hadley clenched her fists tightly against her chest, as if she could somehow squeeze the ache away. But it was too much.

Her heart ached so fiercely, it was hard to breathe.

“Hadley…” Elissa’s voice trembled beside her. She was crying too, her fingers brushing Hadley’s arm in silent support.

Life always seemed to strike the soft-hearted the hardest. Neither of them had ever asked for more than a simple, peaceful life— but even that had proven out of reach.

“Don’t cry… Maybe the baby just wasn’t ready,” Elissa whispered through tears.

“Really?” Hadley’s tears faltered, her breath catching. Was it because her intentions hadn’t been pure? Had the child somehow known—known that it was being brought into this world not for its own sake, but to save its sister? Had it refused to come to this world because of that?

Even if it had come into being in her womb, had it felt unwanted… unloved… So it left before she ever had the chance to hold it?

Hadley closed her eyes, pain crashing over her like a wave. “Baby… my baby,” she whispered, voice breaking, “I’m sorry… I failed to keep you safe…”

left her

the

presence like a sudden gust of wind that swept all warmth

if

here? He was supposed to be in Laventown—miles and

L𝑎tеst chαptєrs in g𝒶l𝓷ovє𝓁s.𝗰𝗼𝗺

said he’d be gone a week at

yet here he

Already back.

His eyes locked

ceremony, he said, “You just said you

Hadley froze.

this: why did you sell off

widened—panic flashing across her face like a

knew? He