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

Chapter 864:

Stringing the clues together, it dawned on him. Hadley’s aim had been to conceive another child with him—to save their little Joy! Thus, when she discovered she was expecting, ending the pregnancy was simply out of the question!

That was why he had enlisted Phillips to dig deeper!

It turned out he had misread Hadley entirely!

Eric’s gaze locked onto Hadley’s, a swirl of confusion in his eyes. “Why didn’t you just lay it all bare back then?”

For Joy’s sake, wouldn’t she have wanted to keep him tethered to her?

“Why?” Hadley let out a sigh that seemed to carry the weight of the world, her lips curling into a wistful smile. “You dug deep, but missed the forest for the trees. After ectopic surgery, it’s unwise to conceive again within half a year.”

It wasn’t merely about the mother’s weary body.

The window was too narrow—without proper healing, the odds of another ectopic pregnancy loomed large.

of a malformed child or miscarriage hung like dark clouds

the penny

Hadley’s heart

months on him! Nor was

harbored no spark of affection for

in his eyes—aimed

to hope

part is

tried to fan the flames, Hadley’s heart remained an icy fortress—despite the way her eyes once lit up

raised her lashes ever

that, she turned on her heel and swept

forward, closing the gap in a heartbeat, his arms encircling her from behind in a

chuckle.

crook of Hadley’s neck, his voice a tender whisper laced with anguish. “I’m

knew she wouldn’t forgive him, he simply had

in Eric’s clutching her. His remorse seemed