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!”

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

the quiet corridor, Ernest and Eric sat together on

Hadley stopped by earlier,” Ernest mentioned

gave a slight nod.

Eric, Ernest, and Linda had narrowly escaped a life-threatening ordeal. From the moment they entered the Flynn family, they carried the weight of a shared secret—a burden that had only grown heavier. Now, that hidden truth had somehow still

darkened, and he said

quiet sigh. “As for Hadley… you’ll

to unravel quickly. If anyone deserved to hear it, it was Hadley—and it had to come from

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time. When Hadley opened the door, she immediately noticed the exhaustion etched into his face,

“Rough night?” she asked.

nodded faintly. “Yeah. Been worried

had assured her

His expression was conflicted, words