The CEO's Public Deal With the Discarded Wife

She looks out at the harbor lights, chin lifted, phone dark in her bag.

The rain stopped somewhere on the bridge, and my phone stayed dark in my bag.

I had a title now, and a chair, and a reason to walk into a room with my chin up.

I just had to keep the knife pointed at the right people.

The CEO's Public Deal With the Discarded Wife

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I spent five years being the sensible wife. I ran Graham's home. I saved his hotel opening. I kept my mouth shut when he thanked Lila for it. Lila is my best friend. She is also the woman Graham loved first. At the Sutter House opening, I heard him say it. She was always his first choice. I was the wife who stayed. Elias Kessler saw my face. Lila's husband. The cold billionaire who notices everything. He did not offer me pity. He offered me a deal. Stand with him in public. Tell each other the truth in private. Make everyone who called me second choice watch. I should have said no. But he looked at me like I was capable, not broken. So I said yes. Now I have a seat at his table and revenge in my smile. But is Elias using me to hurt his wife, or is he the only one who ever chose me?