In the StoryThe Second Wife
Ten years with Claire. Twelve with Anaïs. One life in which to keep his promises. Mathieu Lenoir is married. He knows the home he shares with Claire, their habits, their disagreements, the weight of ordinary days. Yet another history presses in: twelve years with Anaïs Bellanger, as vivid as the first. Anaïs exists. She has never met him.
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Claire’s ring had rolled to the edge of the sink, and Mathieu caught it between two fingers before it disappeared beneath the dish rack.Read the excerpt ↗