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.

he 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 ID in my hand. "We'll

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

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

name with a weighty

trembled, looking up to meet his impatient eyes as he reached out his hand

His

didn't move, the

stood up, his tall figure looming over me, and he sighed lightly, a hint of resignation

all just a

my arm, then slid down to

turned, placed my ID in a

to be going out and would be gone for hours each

him, "do you like

his sharp eyes looking onto mine. After a 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

to get you desserts, send you roses every birthday, watch meteor showers with

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