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!”

head. “He did

happiness as she snuggled closer

really does,” Hadley responded, her

the hospital, Eric’s condition was stable, but he showed

softly, “You just landed in Srixby last

Linda shook

stay here with you and Eric. We’ve gotten through tough times together

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doesn’t know about any of this yet. You should head back to

chosen not to tell her

consciousness soon and spare her the worry. It wouldn’t be too late

Ernest’s gaze drifted to his brother, lying still on the hospital bed. “We can’t predict when Eric will wake up. We can’t both be here all the time.

saw the logic in his suggestion and nodded. “I’ll

“Alright.”

stood to leave, Linda paused and suddenly turned to Ernest. “I rushed back and didn’t get the chance to ask. How have