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.

marrying me 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 the

I wanted to hear. But at

"Conrad, you don't have to force yourself. I don't need your

called my name with

eyes as he reached out

the ID. His jaw clenched. "Give it to

didn't move, the atmosphere

he sighed lightly, a hint of

it all

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

turned, placed my ID in

going out and

him, "do you

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

ruffled my hair. "I do. Why else would I drive across the city to get you

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