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

Chapter 1239:

Denver, caught off guard, hesitated briefly. “Why would you think that?”

“Humph!” With a sharp exhale, Eric’s frustration boiled over. “Really? You’re her boyfriend, yet you’ve ignored her all day. She’s seriously ill, fainted from a raging fever. You weren’t aware? What sort of partner does that make you?”

Hadley was ill?

A shadow passed over Denver’s face as he felt a pang of sorrow.

However, he maintained his composure, offering a slight smile. “Really? I wasn’t aware.”

“You!” Eric’s gaze hardened, his voice cold. “What are you even saying? You’re her boyfriend—”

“No,” Denver said evenly, cutting him off. “I am not her boyfriend. That’s not true.”

What? What had Denver just revealed?

to grasp the situation. “Are you out of your mind? Could I have

his gaze firmly, his voice calm.

“Bullshit!”

burst of anger, Eric seized Denver by the collar, his eyes piercing. Tension pulsed

are you saying?

saying that I no longer have feelings for Hadley,” Denver

flared like a storm on the horizon. “What in blazes did you just say?” he barked, his voice sharp with disbelief. Shock had loosened his tongue, and

fury as he seized Denver by the collar, his other hand balled into a fist, poised to

his eyes drifting shut as if welcoming fate’s verdict. “Go on; hit me. I deserve it. I’m a

fist betraying the storm raging within. Yet, his poised fist hovered

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the man Hadley cared for—Denver. Striking

into a thin line as he growled,

Denver’s eyes fluttered open, a wry smile twisting his lips like a