Paula Agard seemed to have everything one might imagine as the perfect life.
The blonde was the only daughter of Andrew Agard, an English businessman and investor who ranked twelfth among the wealthiest men in America, with a net worth estimated in the tens of billions of dollars. Thanks to his globally recognized private equity firm — Agard Inc. — he was able to provide a more than comfortable life for his only heir, giving her everything she had ever wanted. She had studied at Harvard, earned a degree in psychology, been hired into a high-ranking position at her father's company, moved into an impossibly expensive house in Manhattan, and lived off her father's fortune. If she thought everything was perfect, there was just one thing missing: the ideal man.
For a long time, she searched until he came to her. It only took a few seconds for her to fall head over heels for him. He had just graduated from Harvard too, was a lawyer with a promising future ahead, charming, handsome, athletic, funny — he had it all. For a brief moment, she believed he was the one, turning her love for him into obsession, until she discovered that the feelings were far from mutual. But by then, it was too late — she was too deep into it for him to escape. Since Paula had always gotten what she wanted since childhood, losing him was not an option and sensing he was slipping through her fingers, the blonde decided to take action: tricking him into marrying her. It had been easy — she held all the cards and was in control, while he couldn't do anything. She just needed to use threats and manipulation to keep him close. In the end, yes, she was married to the perfect man — with one major difference: he hated her. It had been years now, and even though she still believed that one day things would fix themselves between her and her husband, she had no idea what was about to unfold.
By tricking him into this marriage, Paula knew that Harvey was far from faithful — he avoided spending nights with her, only attending galas and social events to maintain appearances. While she was convinced that he was fleeing the settled life she could offer him in favor of an adventurous existence with strangers every night, she was far from imagining how wrong she was about him. Between secret phone calls, covert getaways, a brownstone in Park Slope, and a mysterious ring, Paula was about to receive a rude awakening.
The truth was, her husband wasn't just hating her — he was leading a double life, and she hadn't noticed it for years.