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

Chapter 845:

“Set things straight?” Hadley echoed faintly, her eyes drifting to the vacant hospital room doorway. She shook her head, a quiet sigh escaping her lips. “I could clear up the ectopic pregnancy matter, sure—but how do I account for the asset transfer?”

That was the irrefutable evidence of her plan to break away from him! Her shoulders slumped as she fiddled with the edge of her blanket. “What—should I sweet-talk him, go back to him, and keep playing the happy wife until I could finally conceive again?”

Her voice dripped with sarcasm, a bitter laugh escaping her lips. “You really think he’d ever trust me again?” No chance.

Even if they patched things up, Eric would always be watching her like a hawk.

She could already picture the measures he’d take to prevent her from ever leaving again.

Plus, after the surgery for the ectopic pregnancy, the doctor had made it clear that her body wasn’t suitable for conceiving again in the short term…

How was she supposed to handle that stretch of uncertainty?

so tired,” Hadley murmured, easing herself onto the edge of the bed with a groan. “I don’t have

welled up as

Joy, I just want to spend more time with her now.” She owed

being entangled with Eric for so long, Hadley was starting to think they were truly incompatible. Joy’s health wasn’t great,

for the future, Hadley figured she’d put any big decisions on hold until

maybe, in the intervening moments, a different possibility could

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off, she

while longer. On the fifth morning, the physician visited her bedside, delivering the welcome news that she was fit to leave. “Your healing after surgery has progressed well. Finish up the paperwork

essence, watch what you eat and get plenty of rest. Hold off on intimacy for the next three

dropped, her lashes quivering faintly as she murmured,

thank me. It’s

process and driving her back to Redmarsh first. Elissa, feeling a touch awkward, protested lightly, “You could’ve just called me a ride. The housekeeper