The Governor's Secret Pyre

She was the quiet architect of his ambition, the silent force behind Governor Ethan Thorne' s meteoric rise, her family' s tech fortune paving his path to power.

Now, Nia was a ghost in her own life, coldly banished to the estate' s sprawling guesthouse as Ethan announced his engagement to Victoria Sterling, a well-connected East Coast political heiress.

He'd already orchestrated the painful alienation of their young son, Leo, and Victoria's venom grew daily, subtly turning Nia into a convenient secret.