Chapter 1 On the way to pick up a client , I opened the Waze installed on my Tesla . [ ] A coquettish female voice came through the speakers . [ ] " Hi there ! Your darling Lila's here to join you for our little road trip together - just like we're eloping ! [ ] I slammed the brakes so hard I nearly kissed the steering wheel , but that voice kept going . ] " Oh look , there's that cute little grocery store where they sell those cookies I'm obsessed with . Pretty please buy some for me ? " ] My blood ran cold . I grabbed my phone and called my husband . " Have you been driving Tesla lately ? " His voice was casual . " Yeah , my car broke down a few days ago . Why ? Something wrong ? " ] I forced a smile into my voice . " Nah , all good . " But after I hung up . I made a U - turn straight to his company … ] … 0 I rarely showed up at Jasper's office - I'd always believed that trust was the foundation of any marriage . I didn't want to doubt Jasper , but that creepy GPS message kept playing on repeat in my head . So there I was , sitting in his office , asking HR to pull the files on every female employee they'd hired recently , when Jasper walked in . ] ] " Hey there , beautiful . " || He settled into the chair across from me with that easy grin . " Checking up on me now ? " ] " So what'd you find ? " " If you come up empty - handed , you owe me big time , " Jasper said , drumming his fingers on the desk like he didn't have a care in the world . " Tin talking skydiving . You and me . " ] Looking at his completely relaxed expression , I started wondering if maybe I was being paranoid . HR handed over all the n Was I seriously overthinking this ? ] suspicious , and not a single new hire named Lila I pushed the stack toward him and met his amused eyes with a sigh . " Just doing my due diligence . " ] " If this bothers you , I won't pull stuff like this anymore . " ] idding ? My w Jasper immediately went into damage control mode . " Are you kidding ? My wife caring about me ? That's the best thing I could ask for . " That was just Jasper - gentle with me no matter what . ] Even though he was a total boss at work , he turned into this sweet guy around me . Even when I screwed up , he'd be the first to apologize , always making sure I felt loved . [ ] I shouldn't be doubting him . I followed Jasper home , watching him head to the kitchen with groceries . ] His phone started buzzing on the counter . I was just about to call out to him when I caught the name on the screen . [ ] My breath hitched as I picked up the phone and hit answer . That same familiar voice poured through the speaker . [ ] " Jasper , babe ! Your girl Lila's counting on you to close that big deal for my quarterly numbers ! My boss totally praised me today , so I definitely owe you dinner . " ] My heart clenched . ] The voice continued with a laugh : " I heard through the grapevine that wifey came by for an inspection today . Give me the tea - how'd that go ? " The contact was saved as " Sunset Winery - Lila . " Aand she was calling my husband … " babe ? " ] Even the old - timers who'd been with the company since day one called him " Mr. Whitmore , " and the closest friends might go with " Jasper . " No one talked to him like this . But here she was . " Babe ? " ] " Why aren't you answering me ? " ] " Bad signal ? " The call suddenly cut off I stood there , face drained of color , staring at Jasper still bustling around in the kitchen ] Then it hit me - Jasper had been getting into wine lately , and our company portfolio had mysteriously added a winery that made zero business sense . I'd asked him about the strategic shift at the time . ] All Jasper had said was : " Doesn't matter what industry it is - if there's money on the table , I want in . " [ ] Π . He'd looked at me with those warm eyes . " I want to give my wife the best life possible , make her the happiest woman alive . " [ ] Back then then I was on cloud nine with happiness , but now it felt like plummeting from thirty thousand feet - my heart , once so full of hope and love for him , shattered into pieces on the ground . [ ] Jasper . How far had things gone with her ? ]