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

Chapter 1073:

“You’re making a mountain out of a molehill,” Hadley teased, pulling her hand back with a light laugh. “It’s just a graze. A tissue will do the trick, and it’ll be fine before we even go to a doctor.”

“You’re joking at a time like this?” Brady’s frown deepened, his worry almost comical. “You know how serious your condition is. Your blood—it’s important!”

Hadley paused, realizing Brady was still in the dark about Joy.

She pressed her lips together, then met his gaze. “Actually, I’m not the one who is sick. It’s not me with aplastic anemia.”

“What?” Brady froze, confusion clouding his face. “What are you talking about?”

If she wasn’t ill, what had all their efforts been for?

“Let me show you something,” Hadley said, pulling out her phone and opening her photo album. “I didn’t think we would find a match, so I kept it quiet. Thing is, I have a daughter, Brady, and she is the one who is sick.”

She handed Brady the phone, revealing a picture. “This is my daughter.”

“Let me see.” Brady’s eyes softened as he took it in, still reeling. He studied the image, a mix of joy and sorrow tugging at him. “She is… beautiful. So precious.”

warm any heart, but the weight of her illness tempered Brady’s

“Her name?”

“Joy,” Hadley said softly.

Joy,” Brady repeated, as if savoring the sound. His gaze lingered on the photo, a tender grin breaking through.

features did indeed echo

unshed tears, his voice catching as he murmured, “I’m

failed her

already, but…” he added,

none of them had even known she

your update

lips together, unable to brush it off with empty reassurances this time. Instead, she let the

through. “Hadley, can I meet her?

softened. “Of course,” she said

the perfect time for them to meet—not just as uncle and niece, but for Joy to

to get her something special. First time meeting my niece—I can’t show up empty-handed! What