I Was the Deal He Sacrificed
To the world, I was Mrs. Ward—the untouchable queen beside the mafia king of New York, Elias Ward.
But I knew my husband never loved me.
His heart had always belonged to Harper Dinah. His nephew’s wife. And after that nephew conveniently died, Elias brought her into our mansion, “I just want to take better care of her,” he’d said.
And his version of “care” was where he’d throw a man out of a party for daring to flirt with Harper and got her pregnant.
Elias likes to praise me in public like I was the perfect wife to him.
And I was. I helped build his empire. I was the one who smiled and played nice. I made his casino shine while he hid Harper away like she was something sacred.
Because of al