No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Haley stood among the crowd, her pregnant belly prominent, a smirk of pride and defiance playing on her face.

Everyone's gaze was on her, Herschel's grip on my hand tightened noticeably, and Conrad started to stride towards her.

Haley was a master at buying time. In this brief moment, she spoke again, "Mr. Wagner, this child is yours, remember? You promised a life of comfort and luxury for him."

"Stop spouting nonsense," Jacqueline burst out, pointing her finger at Haley. "What does your child have to do with the Wagner family? Find the real father."

"Enough," Herschel hissed at Jacqueline, silencing her.

Conrad had quickly made his way to Haley, his face dark with anger. "What are you trying to pull?"

"Rad, if you won't marry me, if the Wagner family won't accept me, that's one thing. But how can you go back on your word and offer what was promised to me to someone else?" Haley said, turning her gaze towards me, "Or does Ms. Hudson just enjoy fighting over what's mine?"

Her brazen attitude reminded me of a saying: shamelessness is invincibility.

She had sunk to new lows for the sake of money.

"Haley, shut up," Conrad snapped at her.

was fearless, choosing such a public moment for her outburst, banking

bound to be caught on video and go viral, making the Wagner family look like

would stop at nothing to secure her entry into the Wagner family and the luxurious

about them and their business empire would flood

attempted to pull Haley away, but the

tension was palpable, and Herschel beside me was seething, his

had boldly claimed

outrageous that it only highlighted

and public presence to force the Wagner family into a corner, protecting their

own dignity and use her unborn child as a bargaining chip, a level of malice that was

support Herschel and stepped forward,

adopted a victim's demeanor, "It's not that I

"Haley, the child you're carrying belongs to your late husband. Do we

dared to

unravel, crying pitifully at me, "Fine, then say it. We live under the rule

was trying