No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 2

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.

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

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

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

called my name with a weighty

trembled, looking up to meet his impatient eyes as

grip tightened on the ID. His jaw

move, the

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

all just a

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

conclusions in the future." Conrad turned, placed my ID in a drawer, and grabbed his

always seemed to be going out and would be gone for hours

after him, "do

Conrad had a beautiful smile, warm and inviting. When I first joined the Wagner family, he approached me with that smile, calling me, "Tittle one." That smile warmed me and made me fall for him hopelessly. Even at the time, I still loved his

gently ruffled my hair. "I do. Why else would I drive across the city to get you desserts, send you roses every birthday,

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