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

Chapter 1214:

He wasn’t calm. He wasn’t level-headed. He was petty. And deep down, he even found himself secretly hoping things between Hadley and Denver weren’t going smoothly at all.

Hadley sat with Joy through breakfast and promised they could watch one cartoon episode before she left.

Just as the show started playing, a knock came at the door. A nurse peeked inside.

“Miss Pearson? You have a visitor.”

Hadley stood up at once. She wasn’t expecting anyone.

“Who is it?” she asked, curious.

Before the words had even left her lips, the door opened and two familiar figures stepped in.

“Ernest?” Her brows lifted slightly in surprise when she saw him—and Locke beside him. She hadn’t expected either of them.

his gaze to the boy

stepped forward,

Hadley. I’m

adopted into the Flynn family by Nyla herself as her granddaughter, and she had always treated Ernest as her own brother, so the title

was the first time Hadley met

struck her—he carried himself with a calmness, a quiet maturity that

face as she bent slightly and gave his head a gentle pat. He was adorable, polite, and

then

looked at Ernest, then

toward the bed, his round

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told him they were visiting his aunt and cousin. But what he hadn’t said…

eyes blinked, and she gave

his face growing even redder. “I’m Locke. I’m

blinked, her eyes wide with curiosity

man nearby. “Joy, this is Mommy’s brother. His name is Ernest—you can call him