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

Chapter 959:

“Cryopreservation,” Eric repeated the word lightly, a faint, cold smirk in his eyes. “You sure seem to know a lot.”

“Not really,” Hadley replied seriously, ignoring the sarcasm in his voice and treating it like a genuine question. “I’ve just been researching it. The technology is really advanced now, and the success rate for modern fertility treatments is high.”

She genuinely wanted Joy to have a little sibling, and it didn’t seem like such a big hurdle anymore.

“Enough!” Eric suddenly snapped, eyes blazing as he glared at her. “Stop talking!”

Hadley flinched, heart pounding. Why was he reacting like this?

She frowned. “You don’t want to?”

That didn’t make sense. His affection for Joy never seemed fake. Could it be…

She hesitated, then asked, “Is it because of Linda? Are you worried she’ll find out about it?”

ridiculous

her, struggling to find words. “Are you… Are you deliberately trying to

you really don’t want to

no!” His voice was taut with frustration. “I

lips parted, but the words came haltingly.

love Joy.

“Then why—”

ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇꜱ ɪɴ ɢᴀʟɴᴏᴠᴇʟꜱ.ᴄᴏᴍ

never truly had feelings for me before. And I don’t plan on forcing anything now. And for

what was

Hadley waited silently.

doing any of that ‘freezing my

with Linda?” He shook his head, continuing before she could respond. “I was never with her. Not before,

smile. He narrowed his eyes. “Yesterday. You saw her leaning on me, didn’t you? Just

“I

wasn’t leaning on me because of anything between us. She was upset about Ernest