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.

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

to hear. But at that moment, it made me feel

you don't have to force yourself.

name

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

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

didn't move,

and he sighed lightly, a hint of resignation in his voice, "I was

it all just a

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

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

always seemed to be going out and would

him,

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

I drive across the city to get you desserts, send you roses every birthday, watch meteor showers

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