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

But at that

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

my name with a

up to meet his impatient eyes as he

His jaw clenched. "Give it to

move,

lightly, a hint

it all just a

hand grasped my arm, then

Conrad turned, placed my ID in a drawer, and grabbed his jacket. "I

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

I called after him, "do you like

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

Why else would I drive across the city to get you desserts, send you roses every

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