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

Chapter 1130:

Could Hadley make it through that?

Could Joy?

Even if she got out on bail, a legal battle was still coming.

Outside the station, Eric couldn’t shake the weight in his chest. Thoughts of Hadley and Joy crowded his mind. He drove back to Millland Road but stayed in the car, not going upstairs to Hadley’s apartment.

The window was cracked open. A cigarette burned between his fingers, one after another. His thoughts spun endlessly. Sometime past midnight, his phone buzzed. It was Cristian.

“Eric,” his voice was urgent. “Hadley’s been rushed to the hospital.”

Eric jolted upright, rage flashing across his face as veins rose in his forehead. “Got it. I’ll meet you there.”

He tossed the phone aside and sped toward the hospital.

Cristian had arrived first. As Hadley’s lawyer, the police had informed him immediately.

“Eric!” Cristian called when he saw Eric arrive.

strode over. “Where

She’s getting

happened? She

beside him. “It’s a

Eric froze mid-step.

had made her physically ill. Because she was basically still

officers and then gestured toward the

Her face was flushed

reached out

at

strange ache stirred in his chest. Like a grain of

hair away from her face. “Didn’t I tell you not to be scared? Everything will be fine. If Cristian can’t

her brow furrowing. Then her eyes snapped wide

up straight, unsure

then her hand clutched his

her,” she

He leaned down and wrapped his arms around her, holding her close, gently patting