Chapter 357



I had just blown the lid off the Wagner family's hypocrisy and their underhanded schemes.

Naturally, Haley was fuming with embarrassment.

As she looked at me, gripping the car door, I braced myself, thinking she was about to yank the door open to either drag me out or hit me. But instead, she did something completely unexpected-she knelt down in front of my car.

This was a move I hadn't anticipated.

I had imagined she might beg me, but never that she would actually kneel.

This woman really knew how to humble herself when needed.

Her kneeling wasn't a big deal to me. After all, she had stolen my fiancé. But with her being pregnant, kneeling like that could harm the baby. If anything happened, I'd surely get the blame.

So, letting her stay on her knees was out of the question.

out of the car to help her up. This move of hers was clearly leveraging her

asked, "Ms. Perez, what's

and my baby stay alive. Please,

the afternoon, and the setting sun was harsh,

child as a bargaining chip again. It seemed

I couldn't let her hold me hostage with it. I asked her lightly,

Rad away from you was wrong, but I just wanted a better

Wow.

a way to justify

claiming she did

others to rise up is not

own. Even without Conrad, you'd still have their love, still lead a good life. But I can't. I'm terrified of poverty," Haley didn't take my bait, instead speaking of her hardships and subtly

always the innocent ones who reveal their fangs when you

was laughable. "So, poverty is an excuse for wrongdoing? Should bank robbers

clear, but it didn't faze

kneel, Haley had

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