My Billionaire Husband Paid $1.2 Million To Auction Me Off

My overbearing mother-in-law, Victoria, had hated me since day one.

Desperate to get me out of her son’s life, she took my photo and personal portfolio to the most exclusive matchmaking agency in the city, putting me up on their high-society catalog like a prize horse.

When my husband found out, he blew up at her right in front of me: "Mom! How could you do this to Stella? What do you take my wife for?!"

A brief flicker of warmth had stirred in my chest.

Until the very next morning, when I got a call from the agency's executive concierge: "Good morning, Mrs. Hayes.