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.

you came to see me… it

gaze and answered,

steady, it landed

his eyes and said

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

“Joy hasn’t been in good health since she came into this world. I don’t know if

of the past

gαℓησν𝒆𝓁s․cо𝗺, your storytelling home

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

as she spoke. “Am I stubborn? Maybe I am. But you tossed me aside like I didn’t matter. So how could I believe you’d ever accept

looked as if someone had ripped his

wife. But to you, I was just a burden. Something

Burden.

felt like something was drilling into his skull. He remembered now. He had said all those harsh

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