No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 188



She had a thing for girls who carried themselves with ease and openness. In her words, if someone had a small-minded appearance, it was likely their spirit and grace were just as limited.

Judging people by their looks is generally frowned upon, but Jacqueline has seen enough of the world to have her opinions hold weight.

"I can't help you," I told her straight up.

"Why not?" Haley panicked a bit.

I bit my lip lightly. "Jacqueline has a strong sense of self. It's not easy to sway her."

"But she adores you. She might listen to you," Haley pleaded, her eyes dropping in a display of vulnerability. "You know my situation. Without Rad, I don't know how I'd survive."

Her husband was gone, and she wasn't worried back then, but now, the thought of Conrad leaving her was unbearable.

I nearly laughed.

"If you know how much Jacqueline adores me, then you should understand she'd never accept you," because in Jacqueline's eyes, I was the only daughter-in-law she'd ever accept. No one else would do.

Haley fell silent.

"Ms. Perez, the happiness you seek is something you have to fight for yourself, not depend on others for," I said, standing up.

"What if there were no kids involved, would his family accept me then?" Haley murmured.

made

to explain further and

request, she shook her head

with Conrad, but officially

Jacqueline well. Herschel was all

was open to choosing an average girl; social status wasn't his

Jacqueline, she'd never let her son step into a role that belittled

you for a backdoor in. You didn't

clinked glasses. "Do you

"Conrad seems perfectly capable, yet here we

let him spoil our mood," I downed my glass

rich, slightly bitter but sweet, warming my

and I was feeling the

want to go to my own place,"

at me. "Got something on your mind? Thinking about your neighbor,

a smile. "Yeah, but who knows if

door was shut. I knocked, "Ernest, open up. Don't avoid

back yet," Fanny suggested after

He's just

2. Ability. Now he's

kissed him without taking Now

out of it," I

w

sparkled with gossip. "You kissed him? You made the first move?