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

Chapter 1424:

Her respiratory rate accelerated as unbidden moisture gathered along her lower lashes before escaping in glistening rivulets down the planes of her cheeks.

The dam of composure she had maintained throughout the endless evening suddenly fractured, releasing a torrent of suppressed emotion. “Must you persist in this reckless disregard for your well-being?” she demanded, her voice breaking beneath the weight of her concern.

“Hadley! Please forgive me— the responsibility lies entirely with me!” Eric exclaimed, contrition saturating every syllable.

Galvanized into action, Eric’s arm encircled her shoulders, drawing her against his chest while his palm curved protectively around the delicate contours of her skull.

Beneath his ribs, his heart thundered with such ferocity he wondered if she could feel its percussion through his chest wall.

Words tumbled from his lips in halting fragments. “I recognize the impropriety of this confession… but witnessing your tears shed on my behalf… fills me with an inexplicable joy.”

she struggled to comprehend the bizarre trajectory of his thoughts during such a

gently cradled her jaw, tilting her face upward until her tear-glazed eyes met his—a peculiar

Perhaps, beneath layers of resistance, genuine concern for my well-being exists within you,

processes momentarily suspended. “You remain Joy’s father, regardless

acknowledgment nevertheless kindled a spreading warmth throughout

the dampened curve of her cheek, collecting teardrops that—no matter her

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Joy, I pledge to safeguard my existence and attend to my health with utmost

her emotional equilibrium precarious at best. “Inscribe it upon your consciousness! Not for my sake, but for Joy’s…

claimed him, forgiveness would have remained forever beyond her capacity to