Chapter 771

He didn't insist, just gave a slight nod and said, "I'll walk you home."

I was about to refuse again when Conrad Wagner added, "It's really late, and it's not safe for you to walk alone."

This was a churchyard, what could possibly go wrong here?

I silently rolled my eyes, but then he mentioned, "What if there are bugs or snakes around?"

That shut me up real quick. I was terrified of those things, no doubt about it.

I had to admit, after a decade of being together, he knew exactly how to get me to agree to things when it really mattered.

Conrad's comment also gave me a segue to bring up Fanny Willis and the

incident with the snake delivery, and I told him who was behind it.

Conrad's eyes turned cold. "These people are absolutely insane."

Exactly, which was why I was increasingly worried about Fanny.

won't come after you, but he might target

knew who the

"The old saying is true, you can't judge a book by

I let out a dry laugh. "You don't really think it's because

jealousy. Jealous of me," Conrad said, lowering

wrong?" I asked

head slightly, "Nothing, just felt

the red trickling through his

nosebleed?" I said, eyeing his pale face and gaunt features. "Conrad, what's really

tissue from his

it to his nose, tilting his head back while

Was that really true?

up blood in

see a

just the dry

lump forming in

fished out the phone and answered it on speaker so I

Mr. Wagner or Mr. Clark's people tonight.

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