The CEO's Secret Wife

Maya Ferreira's first day at Reis Logistics comes with a laptop, a badge, and the sudden revelation that she has been married to her new boss for nine years. She and Julian Reis signed a courthouse certificate in Lisbon when they were twenty-two—she wanted him to stay in the country, and that was the whole plan. They were going to file for divorce the following summer. They didn't. Now Julian is the CEO of a company that just acquired hers. The certificate surfaces in due diligence. Legal gives him a choice: dissolve the marriage quietly, or lose the deal. They agree to the divorce. They hire the lawyers. They sit through two days of mediation and one very long walk in Amsterdam and it becomes obvious that the only thing they've ever disagreed about was what to call it. When the board moves to force the signature, Julian refuses. He resigns, Maya takes his office, and they spend the next six months commuting between two cities like people who have finally run out of reasons not to.