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

Chapter 1614:

But Eric only let out a short, derisive breath. “Not a chance. I’m not throwing myself on that altar.”

“You…” Ferris faltered, but then laughed—dry and worn thin. “Is that really what you think I meant?”

By the door, Hadley lingered in silence, one hand wrapped around Joy’s water cup.

She’d stepped in to refill it and, without intending to, caught the sharp edges of Ferris and Eric’s exchange.

Could it be more ironic?

She often felt wronged in this relationship.

Yet the Scott family saw their son as the victim.

Truthfully, a man with Eric’s pedigree was expected to marry someone equally prominent—someone who could elevate his standing.

And Hadley?

held a professorship at the University of Srixby, and the Jenkins family owned

wealth. But when

blinked, pulling herself out of her thoughts, and,

that money if I can’t even choose who I marry? If that’s how this family

staying out of it. It’s your mess

wing, Hadley kept her eyes on

chapters on

noticed. Even at dinner, she had withdrawn

present, he hadn’t

them, he wrapped her in his arms, his lips grazing her cheek.

his gaze. “Have you ever thought about marrying someone who

for a moment, his brows furrowing

immediately. “You heard

once. “And he’s got

escaped him before