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

Chapter 1048:

Hadley gave a soft scoff, her lips twitching with amusement. So the mask had finally come off.

“Hadley.” Linda caught the look and flinched ever so slightly. Still, she pressed on. “I didn’t intend to interfere. But if your love for him was genuine… I wouldn’t have needed to step in. Eric deserves someone who can love him without holding back.”

Her words came dressed in self-righteousness, but they cut like daggers.

Hadley experienced a surge of discomfort but kept a steady demeanor. “You’ve quite a knack for dressing up the term ‘home-wrecker’ as something noble.”

“You…” Linda’s complexion turned ashen. “Do you even care about—”

“That’s enough,” Hadley interrupted, raising her hand to stop Linda. “Since you’re so certain of your path, I wish you all the best with your home-wrecker ambitions.”

Just then, the elevator chimed, its doors opening. Hadley stepped inside, her face serene and detached.

“You’ll see,” Linda called out bitterly as the doors began to close. “Eric will never choose you. He’s destined to be with me!”

Ernest. Though Nyla had made it clear she wanted no contact with Eric, he felt bound by his sense of duty to the family. From the day Ernest brought him back to the Flynn household and he called Nyla his grandmother, she had held that role in his heart without

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“Rough night?” she asked.

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