Giving Him Up
Within the circle, everyone knew I had been Leo’s most devoted, submissive admirer.
For thirteen years, I chased him relentlessly, transforming myself from an uneducated, middle-school-dropout, illegitimate child of a wealthy family into an Ivy League economics master’s graduate.
Only then did his mother finally acknowledge me, and I became Mrs. Smith.
However, after the wedding, I no longer meddled in Leo’s company, cooked, or served him.
While he stayed up late planning strategies for his first love, I traveled the world with friends. He would accompany her to Paris fashion shows, and I celebrated my cat’s birthday at home.
I understood that a commercial marriage could never produce
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