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.”

slept at all. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the divorce decree. I saw Lauren’s red dress. I saw Jason’s hand covering mine over legal papers I should have read line by line.

By seven-thirty the next morning, I was dressed in cream silk and gray wool, the closest thing I had to armor. The city clerk’s office was bright with fluorescent lights and continue reading …