On my way to surprise my husband, his cold secretary stopped me at the entrance and said, “His wife and son are already inside.” I gently covered my daughter’s ears, called my third brother—the one my family trusted in every crisis—and said, “Find out what he’s hiding.”

up here?”

The woman beside him frowned.

“Is this the unstable former wife you told us about?”

Dominic’s mother jumped to her feet.

“Vivienne, leave immediately. You are ruining the most important night of his career.”

I walked toward the table while the ballroom slowly fell silent. Sophia still held the necklace she had made. I took it gently from her and continue reading …