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

Chapter 1244:

Regaining her composure, she let out a scornful laugh. “Yes! Denver doesn’t want me anymore! I’m so devastated that it made me ill! But that’s my burden to bear. Why should it concern you?” At her words, Eric felt as if a dagger had pierced his heart.

Hadley’s revelation was clear; Denver’s actions had indeed taken a toll on her health.

Caught up in a wave of emotion, Eric reached out and grasped her arm, his voice quivering. “He doesn’t care about you. You need to move on!”

Hadley looked down at his hand on her arm, her expression chilling further.

Her eyes narrowed sharply. “Move on to whom? To you? Are you serious?”

Taken aback, Eric’s expression froze, his throat visibly tensing. Hadley’s tone was mocking. “Remember your words? You promised not to bother me ever again.”

Eric flinched, his confusion evident. He nodded, the weight of his own words bearing down on him. “Yes, I remember. I said that.”

“Then please…”

with a desperate intensity. “But I

said, Hadley was stunned into

his voice low. “If things between you and Denver were fine, I could’ve held myself back. But you’re both over

him off sharply. “When you say these things,

froze, momentarily confused. His girlfriend?

with a bout of coughing, clutching at her chest, she threw another

Linda?

Hadley mean to say Linda

are

escape begins at

couldn’t let go of her. Now that you’ve got what you’ve always wanted and are with her, why can’t you focus on her? Why come

doubled over with a violent

helplessly, a sympathetic ache blooming in his chest. He reached out and

and I… we’re not together. There’s nothing