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.”

to warm any heart, but the weight of

“Her name?”

“Joy,” Hadley said softly.

lingered on the photo, a tender grin breaking through. “She has got my eyes, don’t

delicate features did indeed echo

tears, his voice catching as he

her in too many

so much already, but…” he added, a pang of regret in his

none of them had even known she

your update

with empty reassurances this time. Instead, she let the silence speak for

hopeful smile breaking through. “Hadley, can I

course,”

to meet—not just as uncle and niece, but for Joy to know the person whose bone marrow would soon give her a fighting

with a grin. “I’ve got to get her something special. First time