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.”

steel overlooking the Hudson. I had seen photographs of the headquarters before, but walking into it as Christopher’s wife was something else entirely. Conversations softened when we entered. Heads turned, then turned quickly away.

The elevator ride to the executive floor took less than a minute. It felt like the crossing of a border.

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