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.

to ask, but Conrad cut him off again. "I'll find something

of helplessness and embarrassment as if he felt

his own doing. He should have checked with Conrad before

companies were laying off, and finding a decent-paying job

that moment, I was surprised at my

looked at

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

Ivan away to spare him. I didn't want Haley pulling any more stunts if I

Ivan, I glanced at Haley. She looked defensive, ready for

give

surveyed

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about 200 square meters, decorated simply yet attentively. It had floor-to-ceiling windows, a comfy couch, and a small coffee table that resembled a scene from

glass, soothing the impatience

house, in the

a perfect view of the bustling CBD, the office. building of the Wagner Group, and the rolling sea waves, was my

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