Chapter 2



Conrad looked up at the sound of my voice, his gaze landing on my face.

I didn't need a mirror to know I must have looked pale.

"Not feeling well?" His brows furrowed slightly.

Silently, I walked to his desk, swallowing the bitter taste in my throat. "If you don't want to marry me, I can tell Jacqueline."

The wrinkles between Conrad's brows deepened. He knew I had overheard his conversation with Jefferson.

My throat felt salty. "I didn't expect to become an unwanted dish, Conrad..."

"In everyone's eyes, we're already husband and wife," Conrad interrupted.

for everyone else? I wanted him to marry me because he loved me and wanted to spend his life with me. With a snap, Conrad closed his pen, his gaze falling on

what I wanted to hear. But at that moment, it made me feel

head, shaking it. "Conrad, you don't

Conrad called my name with a

his impatient eyes as

the ID. His jaw clenched. "Give it

didn't move, the

a hint of resignation in his

all just

hand grasped my arm, then

future." Conrad turned, placed my ID in a drawer,

to be going out and would be gone

called after him, "do you like

inviting. When I first joined the Wagner family, he approached me with that smile, calling me, "Tittle one." That smile warmed me and made

drive across the city to get you desserts, send you roses every birthday, watch meteor showers with you, and marry

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