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

Chapter 1234:

Had Eric forgotten he had a girlfriend?

A man with a girlfriend shouldn’t be so attentive to another woman.

She shut her eyes briefly, turned off the screen, and slipped the phone back into her pocket, leaving the message unanswered.

The event was already alive with energy.

“Hadley!” Ayla waved from the crowd, hurrying over to loop her arm through Hadley’s and gesturing to a spot.

“We’ve got some time before it kicks off. Want to sit there for a bit?”

“Sure,” Hadley agreed, seeing no reason to decline, and followed Ayla to a seat.

Ayla brought up a recent hot topic, her curiosity piqued.

“Is it true you and Eric broke up?”

“Yes,” Hadley confirmed with a glance and a nod.

great,” Ayla said,

naive—she’d long sensed Ayla’s feelings for Eric. Was Ayla being upfront about it

no, I didn’t mean it like that!” Ayla rushed to explain, realizing her words could

stepped in to clear things up for you. That’s pretty kind of

replied with a faint smile, choosing not

“He has been kind.”

shifted the topic with

idea who started that smear

as she shook

“No clue.”

keeping tabs on the situation, but the guard who’d vanished was still

sighed, her tone mixing regret

was is awful! It’s a shame

then tugged at Hadley’s

It’s about to

“Okay…”

she wobbled, nearly losing

gasped,

“Are you alright?”