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.

them needed no grand

ease of sitting together now—it all circled back to

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

that single sentence, Hadley’s eyes shimmered with unshed

recoveries from aplastic anemia—Joy can be one of them.

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

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

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could I… spend time with

was he getting at? They both understood

this was

I have built our life together. It’s just us in this little world—it always has

was the answer he’d

head, a sour ache settling in his chest.

had been absent for every moment of Joy’s life so far. It made sense Hadley

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