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

Chapter 862:

The past was past. But it wasn’t erased nor undone.

“Should I say you’ve got a convenient memory? Or are you just pretending you’ve gone blank?” Hadley paused and let out another laugh, melancholic this time. “Alright then. Let me remind you. Back then, you only had eyes for Linda. When she lost her baby, you stayed with her day and night. How exactly did you have time for me?”

Suddenly, Eric remembered.

Back then, Hadley had gone to the hospital to find him. But he hadn’t seen her.

A scene flickered in his mind. She had chased after his car, and he had kept driving. He remembered now. It had been raining, and she had slipped. Maybe even fallen.

It had happened a long time ago, but the memory felt fresh, as if it had been only yesterday.

Eric’s chest tightened, and his fingertips stung like they were being pricked by needles.

came to see me… it was to tell

met his gaze and answered,

and steady, it landed like a thunderclap to

his eyes and said

“I begged you. I asked to stay in Srixby for just one more day because

she continued, “Joy hasn’t been in good health since she came into this

past pressed hard against her

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I got to Blathe? You never called. Not once. You left me alone in a strange city to fend for myself for four

Maybe I am. But you tossed me aside like I didn’t matter. So how could I believe you’d ever accept my child or take any

looked as if someone had ripped his tongue

laugh. “I’m your legal wife. But to you, I

Burden.

his skull. He remembered now. He had said all those harsh words

lost her child, and his brother had fallen into a coma—no one knew if he would ever wake