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!”

hospital, lingering in the hallway outside Nyla’s room alongside 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

Ernest and Eric sat

Hadley stopped by earlier,” Ernest mentioned

gave a slight nod.

dark, so I kept it from her.” Years before, 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

face darkened, and he

out a quiet sigh. “As for Hadley… you’ll need

web, too complex to unravel quickly. If anyone deserved to hear it, it was

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arrived at Millland Road at his usual time. When Hadley opened the door, she immediately noticed the exhaustion etched into his

“Rough night?” she asked.

nodded faintly. “Yeah. Been worried

had assured her everything was fine. Why was Eric so anxious

expression was conflicted, words catching in his throat. “There’s something