Chapter 231

She wasn’t going to be part of whatever he was plotting.

With a slight, cold smile, Hadley said, “I decline. I won’t return to you.” That wasn’t entirely true, though. More accurately, she had never really been with him at all.

“What did you just say?” Eric’s eyes narrowed slightly. “I couldn’t catch that. Say it again.”

She was certain he heard her loud and clear.

“Enough with the games.” Hadley tightened her fist, bracing herself. “Look closely, Eric. I am Hadley. The same Hadley you despised. The same Hadley you sent overseas and left behind for years!”

“I’ve changed my mind.” His eyes fixed on her intensely, burning with a heat so intense it felt as though they could scorch her very flesh. “Come back to me. I want you now.”

Disbelief washed over Hadley as she stared at him.