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 no grand

sitting together now—it all circled

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

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

full recoveries from aplastic anemia—Joy can be one of them. Everything I failed to give her at the start, I’ll pour into making

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

he pulled his hand back, toying with the cup in his

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at? They both understood it wasn’t

this was clearly about acknowledging their

rehearsed. “Eric, Joy and I have built our life together. It’s just us in this

the answer

head, a sour ache settling in his

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

of her lemon water, then continued, “Keep Joy a secret from Nyla,