From Contract Wife to Global Icon

tiful, silent wife in a cold, pre-arranged marriage, foolis

anage his life and our opulent home were met w

led heirloom: my grandmother' s cherished cashmere shawl, deliberately rui

ng a humiliating apology for an

nor, enraged by my perceived defiance, wiel

n the phone with his beloved, utterly obliv

hopeful, to believe love could blossom in suc

eful, turned to stone, burni

of unrequited love finally extinguishe

unknown, determined to rise from the ashes of my shattered lif