Chapter 359



"You want him?!"

The audacity she had to claim that.

I looked at her pitiful face, my voice dropping a few degrees colder. "Haley, you misspoke. You're not after Conrad for him. You're after the status, the fortune that comes with his name."

Haley replied, "I won't deny that, but..." She paused, then delivered a blow straight to the heart, "But over these past days, he's been just as kind to me as Aiden ever was. I've truly fallen for him. I do want a life with him."

She was making it clear - Conrad was the one for her, and in her eyes, I was still the rival for his affection.

But still, here she was, asking for my help and rubbing salt in my wound at the same time. Did she actually think I was such a pushover?

A smirk crossed my lips as I said, "Conrad might have been good to you, but he ran away, didn't he?"

Haley's face stiffened at my counter. I pressed on with a mocking tone, "Are you sure he wants a life with you too?"

"As long as he comes back, I have a way," Haley murmured, almost in despair.

a way to bring him back. I won't help

so long, already on the verge of collapse. My words seemed to snuff out her last hope, and she gripped the car door tighter, "Why? Because

tragedy, really, when a woman blames another for a man's

conversation any longer, giving a mocking

froze, seemingly at a

long isn't good for the baby. You should stand up; I'm leaving," I

you don't call Conrad, I'll keep kneeling here," Haley threatened, resorting to a

say even

against a relentless

I understood why Conrad might have

wasn't just a fallout

but also Haley's

keep kneeling," I revved the

shuddered at the action but clung tighter to the

was determined to have a standoff, believing I wouldn't dare to drive

move, that's on you. If you were to get hurt, do you

eyes widened

the picture, that'd be a celebration for the

to gamble against me

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