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.

truths between them needed

sitting together now—it all circled

breeze. “I’m reaching out to specialists for Joy, searching for someone with real expertise in this field and a steady

shimmered with unshed tears. Joy was her soft spot, her

and steady. “There are cases of full recoveries from aplastic anemia—Joy can be one of them. Everything I failed to give her at

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

hand back, toying with the cup in his grip,

𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 ⓘ𝓷 gⱯ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⧼𝖼𝗈𝗺

spend

both understood it

had already met Joy before; this was

curved faintly, her response calm and rehearsed. “Eric, Joy and I have built our

the answer he’d braced

ache settling in his chest.

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

water, then continued, “Keep Joy