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.

off again. "I'll find

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

He should have checked with Conrad before bringing me there, but it was

off, and finding a decent-paying job was hard. Plus, Ivan had just started dating someone last

that moment, I was surprised

hanging up, Ivan looked at

there and relax with a cup of coffee? I need to have a word with

to spare him. I didn't want

at Haley. She looked defensive, ready for a

didn't give her

I surveyed the

l

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

streamed through the glass, soothing the impatience

house, in the best

the bustling CBD, the office. building of the Wagner Group, and the rolling sea waves, was