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

Chapter 969:

“And now, when you’ve been caught red-handed, you pretend it was all some joke?” Hadley’s gaze narrowed. “Even you don’t believe that, do you?”

She then pointed directly at Eric. “And I know he doesn’t. Isn’t that right?”

“Shut up!” Linda snapped, her voice shaking. Her face had gone pale, and then flushed deep red, anger and humiliation crashing into each other all at once.

Hadley laughed, loud and unrestrained, the sound laced with satisfaction.

“Craving both Eric and Ernest—so fickle, so shameless. That’s you in a nutshell!”

“Hadley! That’s enough!”

Before Linda could completely unravel, Eric acted. In one swift motion, he wrapped his arms around Hadley’s waist and lifted her clean off the ground.

“Let’s go!” he growled, striding off with her in his arms.

guard. Her legs kicked helplessly in the air. “Put me

Eric wasn’t listening. With his height and strength, she was

didn’t take her far—just to the quiet lobby outside the examination room. There, he finally

think about running,” he said, his voice low. “You know

you be rushing back to her arms so the

Eric’s voice sharpened. “It was just a

as a woman, I’m telling you

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she could finish, Eric closed the

with something dangerously close to punishment. It wasn’t gentle. It simply

hurts…” Hadley groaned, frowning as she tried

didn’t stop. Her protest was a spark to fire, not a barrier. Time slipped—two minutes, five, maybe more.

he finally let her go, her lips were

her swollen lip. “Keep talking nonsense,” he murmured, voice thick. “Say

is it nonsense?” she snapped, clearly unfazed. “I was trying

him, suspicion