Chapter 584

Chapter 584:

But before he could voice his thought, Hadley cut him off.

She tucked her phone away. “Flynn Group owns East Entertainment Media. I trust you can imagine the fallout if this video sees the light of day. If you release Elissa, I promise to destroy the video.”

What?

Eric was momentarily taken aback.

So she wasn’t showing him the video to play the victim! She was leveraging it to coerce him into freeing Elissa?

No wonder she hadn’t asked for his help outright—she had this ace up her sleeve!

Quite clever indeed.

“Did you use this to convince Linda to drop the lawsuit yesterday?”

“Yes.” Hadley nodded, nearly certain he felt cornered.

How could he jeopardize Linda’s reputation and future?

Hadley’s lips curled into a sly smile. “As long as Elissa is released, I’ll keep my part of the bargain and—”

“Why should I?”

Suddenly, Eric leaned in closer, closing the space between them as if he intended to hold her.

The cold glint in his eyes revealed his displeasure.

“Threatening me, are we? Hmm?”

Hadley opened her mouth, her expression hardening. “Do you want to safeguard Linda’s reputation and future, or do you want Elissa to pay the price for Linda’s wrath? The choice is yours!”

gⲁ𝗅𝗇0ν𝖊𝗅𝘀.𝗰𝒐𝗺. 𝓤𝓹𝗱𝓪𝓽𝗲𝓭 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝗿𝓼 𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓬𝓴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓽

She steeled herself, lifting her chin and meeting his gaze without flinching.

“I don’t want to resort to this, but since you’re so invested in Linda, this is my only course of action…”

“Enough!”

Eric suddenly raised his hand, pressing his thumb against her lips to silence her.

Her mouth kept moving, failing to utter the words he actually wanted to hear.

She kept insisting he cared about Linda, even learning how to threaten him!

So clever, yet why couldn’t she see that everything he did was for her? It was maddening!

Feeling suffocated, Eric suddenly loosened his tie, gasping for breath.

Hadley blinked her large eyes, bewildered. What was happening now?

As they reached a…

Stalemate, Eric’s “new girlfriend” in the passenger seat turned her head, pouting in silent grievance.

Yet she dared not voice her anger, softly reminding him, “Mr. Flynn…”

“Be quiet!”

The woman flinched, on the verge of tears.

“Mr. Flynn, we’ve arrived.” It turned out the car had come to a stop.

Phillips knocked on the window twice, also chiming in, “Mr. Flynn, we’re here.”

“Got it!”

Fueled by frustration, Eric had no choice but to relent, releasing Hadley and stepping out of the car.

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