The Secret Life My Husband Planned With My Sister

by S.K. Winters

It started with a single notification at midnight: 'Syncing 45 items from Mark's iPhone.' Elena Vance has always been the family fixer. As CFO of the family construction empire, she manages the money, the secrets, and the messes left behind by her charming husband Mark and her chaotic, 'fragile' sister Bella. She is the invisible architecture that keeps them all safe. But when a folder labeled 'Renovation' syncs to the family iPad, Elena doesn't find tile samples. She finds screenshots of offshore wire transfers. And a selfie of Mark and Bella toasting with champagne in a tropical villa—dated yesterday. Elena discovers they aren't just having an affair; they are funneling the family fortune into a secret exit strategy. But the trap is tighter than she thinks: Elena is the personal guarantor on the business loans. If she exposes them, she loses everything. Now, she must play the oblivious wife while silently dismantling their escape plan, knowing that the man sleeping next to her is counting down the days until he destroys her.