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

Chapter 1257:

Cold sweat trickled down Hadley’s face, and panic surged through her chest.

What now? Someone was really following her. A stalker. She was sure of it!

Frantically, she reached into her bag. Her fingers closed around something solid. A half-brick she always carried. It was a strange habit, but one she’d never shaken.

After returning to Srixby and using it to defend herself against a stalker, it had once been confiscated at the police station. Still, she started carrying another not long after.

Nearly a year in Srixby, and she never imagined it would come in handy again… until tonight.

Her nerves were on edge. Under the harsh garage lights, her bare face gleamed with sweat.

Suddenly, Hadley dashed behind a nearby pillar.

The footsteps behind her sped up, followed by a voice. “Huh? Where did she go? She was just here…” It was a man.

that moment, Hadley’s fear

man muttered

reached into her bag,

she sprang into action. She swung her

“ARGH!”

a loud scream, the

It was really a man. A real

forward, lifted the brick high, and

a storm unleashed, unaware of the havoc she wrought. The spacious parking lot resounded with groans of anguish and the sharp crash

his head in a

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a paparazzo, and the shattered remains

shot to splash across the tabloids. Never did he imagine his pursuit would end with him on

in pain as he tried to fend off

seemed deaf to his words, swinging the

paparazzo barked, seizing Hadley’s wrist. “I’m talking to you! Aren’t you