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

Chapter 861:

Eric’s gaze darkened as the weight of the truth settled over him. He reached out and took her hand across the table. But as soon as their fingers touched, he faltered. “Hadley, I…”

“How did you find out?” Hadley studied Eric’s tormented expression. She arched a brow and cut in with a sharp tone. “What made you suspicious?”

“Here.” Eric lifted his hand and pointed toward her hair. “The hair clip. I gave it to Joy. There were two of them.”

Really?

Hadley was taken aback. Her fingers reached up almost on their own. When they brushed against the hair clip, her stomach sank.

She had no idea she had such a hair clip on. Did Joy put it on for her?

So that was it. She hadn’t expected it to come to this.

Hadley lowered her hand, a mocking smile slowly creeping onto her face. Was this what undid her, just when she’d thought she was safe? She had hidden the truth for so long, only to be exposed by a hair clip. Maybe not.

This had been the last resort she had saved for herself and Joy. She had promised to avoid it unless she had absolutely no other choice. Unfortunately, life was unpredictable. It shoved her onto it without warning.

relief in it, a fresh

she supposed

this moment so many times before. Now that it was here, she

at Eric. “Aren’t you

anxious she was beneath the

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wasn’t sure how

he accept her or not? If he did, then Joy might actually

stone had dropped onto his chest, making it hard to

was three years

ago. If he took away the time she

lips parted, and he spoke, though the words didn’t come

“So Joy is…”

Could Joy be… his?

back in her chair and fixed him

I left Srixby, I was already one month