The Billionaire's Regret: Chasing His Scarred Wife Back
"My goodness, Elodie, you and Mr. Curt's 'wife' look to be about the exact same age!"
The air stretched thin, suffocatingly tight.
I looked directly at Kevin, whose face had gone completely pale, and then at Iris, who was clutching her handbag so tightly her knuckles were white.
The utter absurdity of it—the sheer cowardice of a billionaire CEO letting strangers assume his childhood sweetheart was his wife while his actual wife stood two feet away—ignited a cold, blazing fire in my chest.
"Actually," I began, my voice clear and deliberate, "I'm the one who’s—"