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

Chapter 1349:

Hadley returned with a glass of water just as her phone trilled to life.

“Hello? Mr. Webster,” she said, recognition in her voice.

“Hadley, what in the world is happening? I couldn’t get through to you until now! Have you seen the time? The entire crew is waiting—why aren’t you on set?” Elvin’s frustration crackled through the speaker.

She faltered, caught between explanations.

“Hand it over.” Eric extended his good hand toward her, fingers beckoning. “I’ll handle him.”

Abandoning a filming day carried serious consequences. Hadley paused, weighing her options, and then reluctantly surrendered the device.

“Hello.” Eric’s voice dropped to a professional timbre. “Mr. Webster, Eric speaking.”

“Mr. Scott!” The transformation in Elvin’s tone was instantaneous, shifting from irritation to deference. “Is Hadley with you?”

“I’ve fallen ill, and I require Hadley’s assistance for several days. I’ll personally cover any financial

focus on recovery. Hadley should attend to your needs. Adonis and I

call with crisp efficiency, then extended the phone back to Hadley with

enough fragments of the conversation to piece together the situation. “Is everything

but

his wrist. “Phillips will manage the details. Any problem money can fix isn’t really

lip between her

to the glass of

Lɑtєst chαptєrs 𝑖n g𝒶l𝑛ovє𝓁ѕ.с𝓸m

“You should hydrate.”

reach for the glass, but Hadley’s

move. I’ll assist you,” she commanded, her tone

Eric experienced a peculiar sensation of weightlessness, as

his response almost