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.

come after you, but he might target those around you," Conrad

the "he"

about Dustin Wagner, with his seemingly gentle demeanor, I couldn't help but say, "The old saying is true, you can't judge a book by its cover. I never thought he'd go down

silent, and I let out a dry laugh. "You don't really think it's because of me,

is that factor, but there's also his jealousy. Jealous of me," Conrad

I

shook his head slightly,

red trickling through his

eyeing his pale face and gaunt features. "Conrad, what's really

pulled a tissue from

his head back while

Was that really true?

help but recall the time he coughed up blood in front of me. An uneasy feeling

a doctor. Don't just

the dry air," he

lump forming in my throat. Just

he fished out the phone and answered it

we've checked. There's no movement from Mr. Wagner or Mr. Clark's people tonight. We've looked into that person you mentioned, but

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