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.

banking on the presence of the crowd to protect her from any

scene was bound to be caught on video and go viral, making the Wagner family look like the main suspects if

her entry

negative press about them and their business empire would flood the internet

pull Haley away, but the onlookers wouldn't allow

Herschel beside me was seething, his grip on my hand

had boldly claimed

park, a claim so outrageous that it only highlighted her desperation, given Herschel's intention to gift it

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

unborn child as a bargaining chip, a level of

I asked Jacqueline to support Herschel and stepped forward,

met my gaze, a flicker of panic briefly visible before she adopted a victim's demeanor, "It's not

as the underdog oppressed by the wealthy. "Haley, the child you're carrying belongs to your late husband. Do we really need to talk about how he died right

she dared to come

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

trying to intimidate