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

Chapter 1252:

Hadley hesitated. She had every intention of turning him down. “We already agreed. Unless you cut ties with Linda, I—”

“It’s already done.” He cut her off before she could finish.

Hadley froze. Her shoulders trembled slightly as she asked, “What… did you say?”

Eric felt a myriad of emotions. This was what Hadley had asked of him. But to say he was happy about cutting ties with Linda would be a lie.

They had known each other for years. He didn’t love Linda, not in the way Hadley feared, but there had been friendship, gratitude, a sense of responsibility, and guilt.

For his own selfish reasons, he chose to sever more than a decade of history. It hadn’t been easy.

Eric drew a shallow breath to steady himself. With eyes locked on hers, he slowly said, “I’ve taken care of everything. From now on, I’ll only be good to you. Only look at you. And only listen to you.”

Hadley’s lips parted slightly, too stunned to speak. “This is… You’re…” How could it be possible?

reached out, trying to take her hand. “I

his words. Her

‘why’?” Eric frowned,

and shot him a cold look. “So that’s it?

problem?” He had done what

her hands tighter and enclosed them in his own. Then, he leaned down and rested his forehead against

yanked her hands free and

your mind? Do you even know what you’ve done? That’s Linda! The person you care for more than anything and

believe it, she shook her head and began backing away. “No…

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don’t think anyone is truly capable of putting others completely

mean things between Eric

anymore. But she’s all alone in this

creased, her thoughts tangled in silence. Everything he said felt