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

Chapter 866:

Hadley tucked her phone away, slipped into a coat, and stepped outside.

“Hadley, over here!” Eric stood by his car door, giving her a small wave. With no other destination in mind, they found themselves at the same dessert shop as yesterday.

“What’ll you have to drink?”

“Lemon water.”

“Coming right up.”

Today, Hadley carried herself with a newfound calm compared to the storm of the previous day.

Eric fetched their drinks and slid hers across the table. “Here, lemon water.”

“Thank you.” Hadley cradled the glass, sipping delicately.

between them needed

of sitting together now—it all

his voice soft as a breeze. “I’m reaching out to specialists for Joy,

sentence, Hadley’s eyes shimmered with unshed tears. Joy was her soft spot, her

of full recoveries from aplastic anemia—Joy can be one

free, her fine lashes quivering faintly. “I’ll wait to

toying with the cup in his grip,

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he getting at? They both understood

already met Joy before; this was clearly about acknowledging their

calm and rehearsed. “Eric, Joy and I have built our life together. It’s

the answer

head, a sour ache settling in his chest. “I get

absent for every moment of Joy’s life so far. It made sense Hadley wouldn’t let him

Hadley took a sip of her lemon water, then continued, “Keep Joy a secret from Nyla, please.” Nyla prized the