She laughed, utterly unbothered. "Hidden? Please. He takes me to events all the time. Introduces me to everyone. His wife looked like a wreck after all those years of building the business with him. He's embarrassed to be seen with her."
"Don't people tell his wife? Doesn't she demand to go?"
Her smile widened. "Who's going to run to the wife and gossip about that? Every time there's an event, he arranges a shipment. His wife volunteers to unload it."
I pressed my tongue against my teeth until they went numb.
Five years. I'd bent my back for him. Let my youth fade for him. And he was embarrassed by me.
Had he forgotten I was once the campus beauty he couldn't even dream of reaching?
A classmate sighed enviously. "Honestly, aside from the marriage certificate, you're basically the real wife. You've got it figured out—this is the shortcut to the good life."
"Fiona's gorgeous—second only to Athena Barnes, the campus beauty queen. Now that you've got one foot in the door of high society, Athena can't even compare to you anymore."
Fiona preened, her face glowing with smug satisfaction.