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

Chapter 1150:

“It’s my fault… all my fault,” Hadley murmured, her voice hollow as she rested limply against Eric’s chest. “I took her life. Why did I chase after my father? He had forsaken us, and yet my stubbornness led to my mother’s death… oh…”

Her tears fell softly, yet the grief seemed to surge from the marrow of her soul.

“Hadley…” Eric cradled her tenderly, as one might soothe a frightened child. “I’m so sorry.”

He hadn’t known her early years carried such weight!

A decade of knowing her, and yet he had been blind to the deep wound etched in her heart.

“Let it out, Hadley. Cry if it helps.”

“Oh…” Hadley’s sobs broke free, raw and aching. “Noreen was right. My grandmother suffered because of me too. So frail, so old, and still she toiled to raise me. And Joy…”

Her fingers tightened, clutching Eric’s shirt like a lifeline. “Other children run and play, but I can’t even give my own child good health…

I’m cursed. I’m…”

heart

lifted her face, his hands steady. “Your mother’s and grandmother’s hardships trace back to the Jenkins family, not you. Joy’s illness? That’s on me. I failed to protect you both, and I’m

Eric’s words, her

of fire kindled in her eyes. “You’re sorry? What good is

gentle on her cheeks, his voice a quiet plea.

support, Hadley had still been just a girl

hadn’t been in good health

then. Had she ever

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“What’s the point in telling

her for so long, what difference did his late sorrow and concern

she endured was carved into her memory, and nothing could take

all her strength, Hadley shoved him. “Eric, I hate you! I hate you with all I am!

“Hadley…”

“Hadley!”