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

Chapter 1026:

Hadley then stepped aside and dialed Eric’s number.

“It’s me! Joy’s sick. She’s running a fever and we’re at the hospital now. You need to come immediately.”

“Joy has a fever?” Eric’s voice grew tense. “I’m on my way!” He hung up and hurriedly left his current location.

From her hospital bed nearby, Linda, undergoing her routine treatment, watched Eric’s abrupt departure.

He left just like that? At a mere phone call?

Who was on the other end? It must have been Hadley! Were they still in touch? Was Hadley still a part of his life?

The chill in her stare deepened. No. That couldn’t happen. No, they couldn’t possibly be together! Eric was all she had left.

Driven by a mix of pain and panic, Linda abruptly pulled the IV needle from her arm.

taken aback, rushed

voice icy. “Go get Eric back!

feeling a mix of confusion and fear. She

hurried away from the surgical building, his phone rang.

Miss Harris is refusing to continue her treatment and seems… emotionally

tracks, tension forming behind his

Hadley. “Eric, where are you? Hurry up!

distressed

it hurts… I don’t

live at

“Did you hear her?

the building behind him. He didn’t hesitate any

to the parking structure, jumped into his car, and took off toward the hospital where Hadley had taken Joy. His foot slammed the accelerator, urgency

I don’t