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.

me and wanted to spend his life with me. With a snap, Conrad closed his pen,

to hear. But at that moment, it

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

Conrad called my name with a

to meet his impatient eyes as he reached out his

on the ID. His

didn't move, the atmosphere

over me, and he sighed lightly, a hint

all

my arm, then slid down to take my hand, pulling

turned, placed my ID in a drawer, and grabbed his

out and would

him, "do you like

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 at the time,

"I do. Why else would I drive across the city to get you desserts, send

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