StarNovelChapter 546:
“The firefighters have arrived!”
The golf course's staff moved quickly, stepping in to control the crowd. “Everyone, please step back! Don’t block
the rescue efforts!” Hadley followed along with the shifting crowd, stepping back as instructed.
“Hadley!”
A voice, urgent and unmistakable, rose above the commotion.
She turned toward the sound, her eyes scanning the mass of people until she saw him. Eric. Dressed in his
sportswear, his hair slightly disheveled, his face unusually tense.
“Hadley!”
He raised his arm high, waving to make sure she saw him. “Wait right there—don’t move!”
Hadley frowned in confusion but nodded. “Okay.”
She barely had tto process what was happening before Eric finally broke through the last of the crowd,
coming to an abrupt stop in front of her.
His chest rose and fell heavily, his breath still unsteady. His hand lifted slightly, hovering as if to reach for her—
but then hesitated.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHis gaze, however, moved freely—sweeping over her, checking, scanning, as though trying to convince himself
she was real. That she was unharmed.
“Are you...” His voice cout quieter than before, raw and strained.
“Are you okay?”
Huh? Hadley looked down at herself—completely intact, standing right here, ice cream cone still in hand. What
kind of question was that?
“Yes. Yes, of course, you're fine.” Eric’s expression was hard to read as he answered his own question.
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His usually sharp, controlled demeanor wavered, flickering between overwhelming relief and something else—
something deeper.
Then, the realization hit. Her lips parted slightly in surprise. “Wait... Did you think 1—"
“Where the hell did you go?”
Eric’s sudden outburst startled Hadley, his voice sharp with raw emotion.
“Tell me!” His fists clenched at his sides as he stared at her. “Didn't | tell you to stay in the lounge and wait for
me?”
Hadley blinked, caught off guard. “I went to get ice cream.” She frowned, realization dawning. “Wait. You—" She
narrowed her eyes, incredulous. “You're not actually mad that | wasn’t blown up, are you?”
Before she could finish, Eric stepped forward and yanked her into his arms.
Hadley stiffened, her mind blanking.
What was happening now?
“Thank God,” Eric murmured, his grip
tightening, his ndgedine thelback
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Hadley’s breath hitched. She could feel the wild beat of his heart through his shirt, the warmth of his body
radiating against hers.
“You made the best decision of your life, Hadley,” he whispered against her hair. “I'm glad you decided to get ice
cream!”
Because of that one simple decision, she had unknowingly escaped disaster.
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Eric exhaled deeply, his body finally
relaxing, as though his soul had just
been returned to Rise For tadse!
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dead man walking. But now, he could
finally breathe again! His voice was
softer now, tinged with relief. The
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“You're okay... that's all that matters.
You have no idea Lpiegae) was.”
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