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

Chapter 1109:

But then, unexpectedly, she said, “Still… I think probably yes.” She paused for a beat, and then added softly, “If we had stayed together all this time up until now, I probably would still like you.”

A hypothetical question answered with a hypothetical answer.

And just like that, she gently slipped out of Eric’s arms. “I need to go!”

As Eric watched her walk out the door, he felt like a puppet with its strings cut, losing his balance and collapsing heavily into the chair. Hadley had actually said she would have still liked him if he hadn’t sent her away.

But there was no if in real life.

Hadley walked all the way to the entrance before slowing her pace. Her thoughts surged in a whirlwind, crashing and colliding within her mind and chest.

She could hardly stand it.

Suddenly, she lifted a trembling hand and pressed it over her eyes. She murmured, “If we had always been together, until now?” Her palm slowly grew damp.

the spaces between her fingers. “But there’s no such

later, the day

all the necessary arrangements at home and arrived at the hospital before dawn to assist with Elissa’s pre-surgery

time she arrived,

ever. Upon seeing her, he gave a subtle

greeted him

straight to Elissa’s side to keep her

and gently took Hadley’s hand, her voice soft and measured. “Hadley, you came just in

I help

her head slightly in Ernest’s direction. “Mr. Flynn has done so much to help me. Now that my eyes are finally about to be healed, I want to give him a gift to

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to herself, “You could give him a piece of straw, and he would still

said aloud, “No need for anything expensive. He’s not short on money. Give him something meaningful. The more heartfelt

me think.” Elissa

worry about that now.

“Oh, alright.”