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

Chapter 844:

Before she could form a single word, his hands were on her shoulders—firm, almost trembling with restraint.

“Look at me! Tell me the truth. I want to hear it from you!”

“The truth?” Hadley’s voice trembled, her composure crumbling under the pressure.

“You already know, don’t you?” she said, eyes welling with tears. “What more do you want me to say?”

It hit him like a punch to the chest.

Eric froze—utterly still—as if her words had knocked the air out of him. She didn’t deny it. She was really going to leave him.

Suddenly, the memories of her recent tenderness, her quiet obedience, her gentle smiles—they all came rushing back.

echoed through the sterile hospital room like a crack

the smiles—you were acting? Just trying to lull me into lowering my

Hadley raised her chin, her eyes meeting his with

a second, he stood frozen. “Very well, if that’s what you

her stomach. “What about our child? Is

“Yes.”

𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗏𝗲𝗋𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖋𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗀𝖆𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀﹒𝚌𝗼𝗺

No apology. Hadley spoke the

back, as if the

loosened, and he released her, retreating

her. To beg

the life they had

voice was cold

the last nail in, not with anger, but with a deep, aching wound in his voice. “Since you got rid of our child