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 is

She’s

happened? She was

“It’s a stress-induced

Eric froze mid-step.

she was so terrified, it had made her physically ill. Because she was basically still in

the officers and then gestured toward the door. Eric nodded and

face was flushed with fever, hair damp at the

a moment, he reached out and gently

at

a grain of sand buried in

I tell you not to be scared?

her brow furrowing. Then her eyes snapped

straight, unsure if

her hand clutched

didn’t push her,”

arms around