The Betrayal That Set Me Free,A Billionaire's Wife Walks Away

The day Claude Delgado stood me up for the ninety-ninth time, I went to the class reunion alone. Again.

"Marlene Pruitt, how come you never bring our campus heartthrob to these things?"

"What's the deal? Still hiding him away like you did back in college, scared someone might steal him?"

At the reunion, plenty of people asked about him.

I forced a smile that didn't reach my eyes. "His company's been swamped. It's crunch time. He couldn't get away."

A chorus of sympathetic murmurs rippled across the table. Some bought it, some didn't.

Honestly, neither did I.