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.

off again. "I'll find something

looked at me, his face a mix of helplessness and embarrassment as if he felt sorry for me than

his own doing. He should have checked with Conrad

few years, many companies were laying off, and finding a decent-paying job was hard. Plus, Ivan had just started dating someone last

moment, I was

hanging up, Ivan looked at me guiltily. "Ms.

you sit over there and relax with

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

at Haley. She looked

didn't give her

surveyed the

l

It had floor-to-ceiling windows, a comfy couch, and a small coffee table that resembled

sun streamed through the glass,

house, in the

perfect view of the bustling CBD, the office. building of the Wagner Group, and the rolling

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