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

Chapter 1539:

“You’re welcome!” Joy beamed.

She then hugged him tight, her little voice brushing his ear. “Can I… can I call you Daddy now?”

Eric’s heart skipped. His throat tightened. “Of course,” he whispered.

Joy giggled, thrilled, and nestled against his shoulder. In a small, shy voice, she whispered, “Daddy.”

She barely said it above a breath, but both Eric and Hadley heard. They looked at each other—eyes bright, shimmering with tears.

“Yes, my little angel,” Eric replied, his voice thick with emotion.

“Daddy!” Joy said again, louder this time.

Eric laughed softly. “Yes. Daddy’s right here!”

mother, face glowing. “I have a

her daughter’s radiant smile. Her heart ached with something warm and fragile. She nodded, blinking fast. “Yes,

knew how deeply her daughter had longed for a father. And now, that

“Let’s go!”

a sudden weight in her

down, she saw

arm around Joy and the other holding Hadley’s hand, he looked at the

Let’s get you cleaned up first. Then

his ear. She whispered,

ｍ𝚘𝚛ｅ ｕ𝚙ｄ𝚊ｔｅｓ 𝚒ｎ ɢ𝚊ｌ𝚗𝚘ｖ𝚎ｌ𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖

“Daddy’s really happy too.” They whispered back and forth, voices too low to hear, and giggled together

an eyebrow. “What are you two whispering

“Nothing!”

“Nothing at all!”

They answered together.