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

Chapter 858:

Hadley’s laughter rang out as she stooped to scoop Joy into her arms. “Mommy!” Joy pouted, her little face clouded with emotion. “Am I not well-behaved? Does Mommy like Tyler more?” Where was that coming from?

Hadley and the young woman shared a look and erupted into laughter. Hadley leaned in to whisper in her daughter’s ear, “You’re my favorite, you know that, right?”

“I know!”

Joy’s face lit up with a smile as she nestled closer to her mother. “Mommy is my favorite too!”

Across the street, Eric sat frozen in his car, eyes wide with disbelief.

He stared at Hadley and Joy, each wearing a Minnie Mouse hair clip. One was perched neatly on the back of Hadley’s head, and the other was clipped above the little girl’s ear.

One for each of them.

breath hitched. His grip on the steering wheel tightened until his knuckles turned white. It was as if

sidewalk, Eric opened the car door and stepped

closer, their voices floated

“Let’s go home, baby.”

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voices were soft—just a gentle exchange between

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Every phrase struck hard, leaving behind

pounded hard against his

with trembling fingers. The first drag hit deep, the smoke heavy in his lungs. He exhaled through his nose, and the haze curled around his face. The

people who bought those Minnie Mouse clips. She was wearing the one he had bought for

She was Joy’s mother.