After discovering my husband’s affair, his mistress’s husband approached me with an offer I never expected. “I have a fortune in the nine figures,” he said calmly. “Just say yes. Tomorrow morning, we’ll go to the city clerk and make it official.”

happen if I let myself trust someone else again. Scared of what it would mean to let down the walls I had spent so long erecting. But more than that, I was scared of what I might feel if I allowed myself to give in to whatever was happening between us.

“I’ve spent so much time building walls around myself,” I said, my voice cracking slightly. “I don’t continue reading …