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

Chapter 1337:

Eric had anticipated this.

If Gifford’s men were so easily apprehended, he wouldn’t have evaded capture for years.

The man was cunning, his plan meticulously crafted.

“What are you trying to say?” Hadley’s voice cracked, disbelief and anguish flooding her words. Her eyes reddened, tears threatening to spill. “You said Joy would be safe! How could you let them get away?”

“Hadley,” Eric said softly, steadying her with a firm grip on her shoulders. His jaw tightened, but his voice remained calm. “Their target is me. They won’t hurt Joy—not until they’ve gotten what they want.”

“How can you be so certain?” Hadley’s voice broke, her bloodshot eyes searching Eric’s face as tears streamed down her cheeks.

“Joy is just a child! She can’t handle what adults can. I heard her crying—she was in pain, she was terrified!”

Her words faltered, drowned by the agony twisting her heart.

arms, his own worry cloaked beneath a steely resolve. “I’m doing everything I can. We’ll find her soon,

grew frantic, her breaths ragged as grief consumed her. “My

collapse from exhaustion, Eric lifted her gently

emptiness

on the sofa, her eyes

she asked, her

is fine,” Eric reassured

bravely attempting to fend off the assailants and sustaining injuries in

to the hospital. Her wounds are

nodded faintly, but fresh tears traced paths down

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watched her, his heart heavy, and

his arm anxiously,

with tears, locked onto

just

paused for a moment,