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

Chapter 921:

“Did you?” Hadley responded with a warm smile. “Well, I’m here now, and I missed you so much too.”

“Mommy.” Joy looked up with hopeful eyes. “Mr. Flynn didn’t come. He promised but he didn’t show up. He’s a bad guy!”

Hearing this, Hadley felt a pang in her heart…

“No, sweetheart.” Hadley settled onto the couch with Joy cradled in her arms and soothed her gently. “He was here last night. You were sleeping so deeply, he didn’t want to disturb you.”

“Yes,” Elissa added. “That’s true.”

“Oh, really?” Joy’s face fell slightly. “I missed it because I fell asleep…”

To lift her daughter’s spirits, Hadley grabbed her phone and showed her a video from the previous night. “Look, Joy. Here he is holding you last night, and look, he even set off fireworks just for you.”

“Wow…” As Joy watched the video, her face lit up with a delighted laugh. “Haha! Really! Joy… that’s my name!”

patted her daughter’s little head. “He did

Joy’s smile widened. Her eyes sparkled with happiness as she snuggled closer

responded, her voice breaking slightly with

the hospital, Eric’s condition was stable, but he showed no signs of regaining

Linda and said softly, “You just landed in Srixby last night. You must be exhausted from your

shook her head

you and Eric. We’ve gotten through tough times together since we

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doesn’t know about any of this yet. You should head back to avoid making her suspicious. Stay with her and

health had been fragile, and they had chosen not to tell her about

Eric would regain consciousness soon and spare her the worry. It

lying still on the hospital bed. “We can’t predict when Eric will wake

his suggestion and nodded.

“Alright.”

leave, Linda paused and suddenly turned to Ernest. “I rushed back and didn’t get the