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.

and wanted to spend his life with me. With a snap, Conrad closed his pen, his gaze falling on the ID in my hand. "We'll go get the marriage

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

my head, shaking it. "Conrad, you don't have to force yourself.

my name with

his impatient eyes as

on the ID. His jaw clenched.

didn't move,

his tall figure looming over me, and he sighed lightly, a hint of resignation in his voice, "I

all just

to save face." His hand grasped my arm, then slid down to

ID

be going out and

I called after him, "do you

his left cheek. Conrad had a beautiful smile, warm and inviting. When I first joined the Wagner family, he approached me with that

do. Why else would I drive across the city to get you desserts, send you roses every birthday, watch meteor showers with

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