His First Love Came Back, I Chose Divorce

Synopsis

At eleven p.m., I limp into a dark apartment. It’s another night my husband doesn't come home. A text buzzes. [Won't be back. Work emergency.] After three years of marriage, that line might as well be our vows. Marcus Hale has never so much as touched me. He skipped our wedding night, too. I’m the convenient shield his family wanted, a stand‑in for the woman he couldn’t forget. I start packing when an unknown caller cuts through the silence. "Ms. Bennett, Mr. Hale is having an affair with his assistant, Allison Snow. And his first love, Summer Quinn, is back. He put her in the presidential suite at the Hartswell Grand." I saw it coming, but hearing it out loud still slices like glass. I wipe my face, steady my voice, and dial the Northbridge Ledger. "I have a story for you," I say. "It’s about the CEO of Hale Group." If he thought I would stay the silent wife, he married the wrong woman.