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.

to spend his life with me. With a

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

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

my name with

to meet his impatient eyes

tightened on the ID. His jaw clenched. "Give it

didn't move,

he sighed lightly, a hint of resignation in his

all just a

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

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

going out and

after him,

warm and inviting. When I first joined the Wagner family, he approached me with that

would I drive across the city to get you desserts,

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