No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

At that moment, Haley violently shook her head, "I don't care, I want an answer from Conrad today. Are you going to marry me or not?" Conrad's jaw clenched tight. At this juncture, he could have just nodded to placate her.

But he didn't. Instead, he was brutally honest, "Haley, I said I'd compensate you, but don't expect anything more."

Even the firefighter staring at him was taken aback by his words.

Despair flickered in Haley's eyes as she yelled at him, "The compensation I want is you."

"Haley, you set me up, caused Aiden's death. I'm overlooking it only for the sake of the child," Conrad's voice was icy cold.

He was never one to be pushed around, always stubborn, a trait Jacqueline often scolded him for being a hardhead.

"The child? Always the child," Haley's hand moved to her belly, "So what am I to you all, just a means to have a child?"

"Conrad, you care about this child, don't you? If you don't agree with me now, I'll end this pregnancy myself," she said, starting to hit her belly.

My heart shuddered. Not even a beast would harm its offspring, this woman was ruthless.

Otherwise, she wouldn't repeatedly use the child as leverage.

child, I

understand Conrad's stance. He felt guilty about Aiden, so he was

the bitter fruit of his own

In a moment of madness, the

But Haley Struggled instinctively.

on the

movements made the firefighter

they started

backward.

from Haley, and I covered my mouth in shock, my eyes wide as saucers staring at

the edge, with Haley

piercing cries made her previous threats seem like a

they

was the

was tethered by a safety rope, if they fell, he might survive, but

hand gripping the edge and the other holding onto a pregnant Haley, he couldn't

might, but with the weight of two people, it wasn't easy to