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.

with me.

to hear. But at that moment,

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

my name with a

to meet his impatient eyes as he reached out his hand

tightened on the ID. His jaw

didn't move, the atmosphere

me, and he sighed lightly, a hint of resignation in his voice, "I was just joking with Jefferson. Did you

it all

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

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

to be going out and would be

after him, "do

moment, he smiled, his dimple flashing briefly on his left cheek. 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

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

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