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.

through the sterile hospital room

Just trying to lull me into lowering my guard… so you could leave.” His eyes

with unwavering strength. “I never intended to stay with

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

toward her stomach. “What about our child? Is it gone? Did

“Yes.”

𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗏𝗲𝗋𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖋𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗀𝖆𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀﹒𝚌𝗼𝗺

spoke the word like a blade, clean

back, as if the floor had shifted beneath

arms loosened, and he released her, retreating a few

way here, he had been prepared to fight for her. To beg if he had to. To do anything to keep her from

this— She had ended the life they had created

voice was cold now, hollow

before he turned—he drove the last nail in, not with anger, but with a deep, aching wound in his voice. “Since you got rid of