Try this code. It works for me
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', function( $query ) {
if ( $query->is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
$offset = 2;
$ppp = get_option('posts_per_page');
if ( $query->is_paged ) {
$page_offset = $offset + ( ($query->query_vars['paged']-1) * $ppp );
$query->set('offset', $page_offset );
} else {
$query->set('offset',$offset);
}
} else {
return $query;
}
} );