No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 27



"Ms. Perez, what are you doing here?" Ivan was just as surprised as I was, questioning Haley.

Haley pulled her bathrobe tighter around her. "I live here."

Her gaze fell on the keys in my hand. "Hey, do you guys always just stroll into my house without knocking?"

Ivan stepped forward. "No... This house was supposed to be for Ms. Hudson, arranged by Mr. Wagner."

As Ivan spoke, he fumbled with his phone to call Conrad. Probably too flustered, he accidentally put it on speaker. "Mr. Wagner, the house at Crystal Bay Villas..."

Before Ivan could finish, Conrad interrupted, "I gave that house to Haley."

I watched as the smile on Haley's face just kept getting bigger.

Ms. Hudson?" Ivan tried to ask, but Conrad cut him off again. "I'll find something else for Felicia, and...

a mix of helplessness and embarrassment as

he thought the mishap was his own doing. He should have checked with Conrad

to jeopardize Ivan's job. With the economy being tough these past few years, many companies were laying off, and finding a decent-paying

that moment, I was

Ivan looked at me guiltily.

said, pausing before adding, "Ivan, why don't you sit over there and relax with a cup of coffee? I need to have a

him. I didn't want Haley pulling any more

Ivan, I glanced at Haley. She

I didn't give her

surveyed

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floor-to-ceiling windows, a comfy couch, and a small coffee table that resembled a scene from a

the glass, soothing the impatience in

house, in the best part

office. building of