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

Chapter 1284:

“Don’t worry about that.” The woman raised her hand, forming an “OK” gesture. “I’m heading out.”

“Good.”

She ducked her head and jogged toward the elevator.

Once the doors closed and she was alone, she let out a sigh and sneered. “What a snake!” she muttered under her breath.

Her thoughts turned bitter as she leaned against the elevator wall. Hadley, with her fame and attitude, probably thought she was untouchable. But now things were finally starting to shift.

And the person behind it all wasn’t some enemy in the shadows, it was Ayla, the very woman she called a friend.

Someone like Hadley, wealthy and distant, could never keep genuine friendships. Her circle was all surface-level smiles and shallow ties. The woman might have disliked Hadley, but even she had to admit one thing—that Ayla was on an entirely different level of deceit.

keycard, Ayla paid her to enter Eric’s room and carry out a specific

ordinary scented wax. The ingredients blended into the candle were known to

know where Ayla had gotten her hands on something like

a quiet sound, more of a scoff, the

the aroma and Ayla entered the room, would he really be in control

of them together, tangled in bed,

“Serves her right.”

humiliation brought a cruel satisfaction to the woman’s face. This was payback, justice for the arrest and fine that had been forced on her after the incident

the magic on

Now someone’s going to take him from you. Isn’t that the perfect twist? Hadley, now

eyes fixed on the door, her mind swirling with wild

of the night. And once that

she would reclaim what she believed was always meant to be