No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

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.

"Then find 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

when a woman blames another for a man's lack of

didn't want to entertain this conversation any longer, giving a mocking laugh, "If

seemingly at a

good for the baby. You should stand up; I'm leaving," I glanced at the car's clock

Conrad, I'll keep kneeling here," Haley threatened, resorting to a tactic I hadn't

even the bravest

a relentless

I understood why Conrad might have run

just

but also Haley's

I revved the

action but

a standoff, believing I wouldn't

like this, anger bubbled within me, "Haley, if you don't move, that's on you. If you were to get hurt, do

eyes widened

out of the picture, that'd be a celebration for the Wagner family, get

sitting down on the curb, not daring to gamble against me because