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.

she was fearless, choosing such a public moment for her outburst, banking on the presence of the crowd to protect her from

viral, making the Wagner family look like the main

to secure her entry into

family didn't address her demands today, negative press about them and their business empire would flood the

Haley away,

palpable, and Herschel beside me was seething,

boldly

so outrageous that it

strategy was clear: leverage the media and public presence to force the Wagner family into a corner, protecting their reputation at the cost

unborn child as a bargaining chip,

and stepped forward, “Haley, are you sure you want to make a

visible before she adopted a victim's demeanor, "It's not that I want to cause trouble, but

as the underdog oppressed by the wealthy. "Haley, the child you're carrying belongs to your late

she dared to

say it. We live under the rule of law; careless talk must be

was trying to