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.

to see me… it was to tell

his gaze

was calm and steady, it landed like

eyes and

I asked to stay

began to glisten, and she continued, “Joy hasn’t been in good health since she came into this world. I don’t know if it was because I got

of the past pressed hard against

gαℓησν??s․cо?, your storytelling home

happened after I got to Blathe? You never called. Not once. You left

stubborn? Maybe I am. But you tossed me aside like I didn’t matter. So how could I believe you’d

looked as if someone had ripped his tongue

But to you, I

Burden.

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

then, Linda had lost her child, and his brother had fallen into a coma—no