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

Chapter 1134:

Denver paused when he heard her offer, his smile faltering for a brief moment. “Sure.”

“Drive safe, okay?”

“Okay.” Denver nodded, a lump building in his throat, but he didn’t say anything else. He just turned and walked away.

Back inside the apartment, Hadley managed to eat a little, took a warm shower, and finally lay down to get some well-needed sleep.

Joy, clutching her Minnie Mouse doll, nestled into her mother’s arms. “Mommy, I will keep you company.”

“Okay.” Hadley wrapped her arms around her daughter, a gentle smile spreading across her face. The warmth of her little girl’s body filled her heart with peace.

“Mommy,” Joy said, tilting her head up to look at her, “do you like Denver?”

The question caught Hadley off guard. “Why did you ask that question, sweetheart?”

a small pout. “Don’t you

Joy burrowed into her mother’s arms. “Eric came last night. He read

come over to take care of Joy? Suddenly, she remembered that she had seen him last night…

the time, everything felt like a hazy dream. She

wasn’t a dream. He had really come. And not just that, he had come to

been taken to the police station. Even though they hadn’t spoken during the ordeal, it made sense that Eric found out because Marshall, Denver’s cousin, was close to

Joy while she was gone.

carefully. “I’m sorry, honey, but Eric and I… we can’t be

blooming on her

you to

Joy away from him. Eric was her biological father, after all. One day, when Joy was older, she’d learn the full truth. And she deserved to

wrapping her little arms around Hadley. She then

daughter closer. She thought to herself that she needed to find the right moment to speak with Ernest and

memory from the night before rose in her