No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 354



I knew she wouldn't take it. Haley had clawed her way up to the high life, aiming for the stars, craving that glamorous lifestyle. That day at the hospital, she swallowed her pride and faced humiliation without ending it all. Why would she choose to die now?

This was just a ploy to coerce Jacqueline into revealing Conrad's whereabouts.

She suspected Conrad was being hidden by Herschel and Jacqueline, deliberately keeping them apart.

"Ms. Perez, you're playing your cards with more finesse than ever," I said as I walked in.

Jacqueline turned at the sound, panic written all over her face. She feared I might misunderstand why Haley was there.

Haley, however, wasn't as taken aback. She must have seen me coming. Yet, the way she held the pill bottle, her hand trembling, betrayed her

nerves.

Soon, her expression turned sorrowful. "I'm at my wit's end, Felicia. Rad's nowhere to be found, his phone's off... You see, I have no choice." She was playing the tragedy card, but it had no effect on me.

tilt of my chin. "Ms. Perez's way out seems to be right in your hand, isn't it?" Her face darkened, a clear sign I had hit a nerve. She wouldn't really take those pills; she was here to pressure

Haley

himself," Haley's focus remained on meeting Conrad. "Haley, if you want

difference in

my gaze stubbornly, "If I could find him, I wouldn't be here talking to

him here?"

but no words

Conrad would say if he

My

words caused panic t

BUMS

eyes.

her

quickly retorted, her voice trembling, "I wouldn't be here if I had any

to come here, to step through this door and cement your status," I said

panic took hold. "I