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

Chapter 1651:

“How’d you know?” Colleen gasped.

Hadley let out a soft laugh. “Come on, Colleen. He’s not exactly subtle. Anyone can see he likes you.”

She asked further, “So? Did you say yes?”

Colleen sounded torn. “He’s younger than me.”

“Huh?” Hadley blinked, thrown off guard. Then she laughed. “Dr. Hayes—Colleen—the woman who’s lived all over the world and collected degrees like postcards… And this is what trips you up?”

“Huh…” Colleen paused, then mumbled, “You’re kind of right.”

“Of course I am,” Hadley said, grinning. “Look, I’m not telling you to accept him right now. But if you say no, make sure it’s because you don’t like him—not because he’s two years younger.”

Colleen stammered.

guess—you

a second, then managed to say,

“You might

stop!” Colleen groaned, clearly embarrassed. “I don’t

pressure. Let things unfold naturally. Just take your time and see if he’s really worth

man. And just as they say, men are great at talking, but

door creaked open, and Eric walked in just in time to catch the tail end of

scalp tingled. Wait… was she talking about him?

𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓾𝓹𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓰𝓪𝓵𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝓼.𝓬𝓸𝓶

hovered by the doorway, his posture a touch rigid as he mulled over all the choices he’d made that day. “Alright then. I’ll catch

Colleen as she saw Eric by the door. She placed the phone down and rose gracefully from her seat. “Done with work?” she asked,

breeze. Her smile was a green light—he hadn’t done anything

he said with