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

Chapter 1122:

“Take a good look at yourself, Astrid.” Brady exhaled sharply, shaking his head in disbelief. “And you’re asking why I didn’t tell you the truth? Do you even see Hadley as your sister?”

“That’s because she is not my sister!” Astrid retorted defiantly. “We don’t share the same mother! How could she be my sister?”

Brady pursed his lips in frustration. “You don’t know right from wrong! I knew this would happen. That’s why I didn’t tell you!”

In one swift motion, he seized her wrist. “Enough! Stop making a spectacle out here. We are going home.”

“Fine! Let’s go home! What, you think I’m scared of you?”

“Get inside!” Brady barked.

“Ow!” Astrid yelped as Brady gave her a firm push through the doorway. “Brady, be gentle! I’m your real sister! You shower that troublemaker Hadley with nothing but kindness, but with me, you are so cruel. Why are you treating me like this?”

“And what’s so wrong about treating her with kindness and care? She’s family!”

“She’s not!”

she descended the stairs. “I could hear you

perking up at the sight of Noreen. She rushed over, clung to her arm, and pointed at Brady. “I caught him red-handed! Remember how he swore he wasn’t seeing Hadley anymore?” Her eyes narrowed with satisfaction

Noreen turned to her son, suspicion

his forehead. He

did you hear that? He admitted it! Since he bought Hadley a car, you have to make

Noreen suddenly snapped at her daughter. “Stop

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threatened to spill from her

so furious she couldn’t even bring herself to respond to her daughter’s nonsense. “We will talk about this later!” She then turned her scrutiny to Brady. “Brady, why were you at the hospital? Are you feeling unwell? Didn’t the surgery after the

really unwell, why go to

the headache behind

hadn’t expected Astrid to stir up

thing is…” He