Chapter 1401:

“You’re too kind.”

As soon as he left, Hadley felt a flicker of confusion. Why had Eric gone through the trouble of having someone prepare steamed fish… without saying anything beforehand?

Then it clicked—Tamara must have told him that she skipped dinner. Or maybe Chelsey had.

She now knew Chelsey had already switched sides and was quietly reporting to Phillips.

Still, she hesitated.

She was hungry, yes—but eating this late? Then again… it was just fish—good protein and no burden.

As she debated, her phone vibrated.

A message from Eric.

The

already thin. You’re perfect like this. If you lose

soft laugh. She murmured, “Nagging and

compare Eric to

of creeping in. It


into the space he had made for

A pattern she couldn’t break, but

picked up

out the newest

Eric came down from Joy’s room, he noticed Hadley was gone. The dining table had been cleared, and

Did she really finish

climbed the stairs and stopped outside her

No answer.

was probably in the

set down his phone, and stepped into the walk-in closet to grab a

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