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

Chapter 1254:

Even so, from Hadley’s point of view, he couldn’t fault her. No woman could easily accept her partner giving that much attention to another woman, unless that woman was family. But Linda wasn’t.

Eric slipped his phone into his pocket, took a slow breath to steady himself, and returned to the private room.

He exchanged polite words with Elvin and Adonis near the entrance. Adonis gestured subtly toward the far side of the room. “Hadley’s over there, Mr. Scott.”

“Thank you.” Eric offered a brief nod of gratitude and headed in her direction.

The dinner was set up buffet-style, and Hadley sat quietly, focused on her salad. As Eric approached, several colleagues near her noticed him and instinctively got to their feet, giving him space.

“Thank you,” Eric said as he pulled out a chair beside Hadley. Hadley didn’t acknowledge him at first, continuing to pick at her salad as though he weren’t there.

“What are you having?” Eric asked, leaning slightly to glance at her plate.

Finally, Hadley lifted her head, mild irritation flashing in her eyes. “Never seen a salad before?”

guard, but

it any good?”

gave a nonchalant shrug.

really is pretty average. How about

her head without hesitation. “This is

Watch her weight?

believe what he was

pound. Being a dancer, Hadley had always been slender, her figure graceful and balanced. But after days of illness and stress, she looked even more delicate—like a paper doll caught in

person down. As Eric thought about all she had endured after her breakup with Denver, a flicker of jealousy

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pair of tongs from the table, he glanced over at her. “What would you prefer to eat? I’ll go

barely looked up. “Anything’s

and mushrooms, placing

her focus fixed