SIMON’S POV
“Anika!”
I was fuming.
The name tore out of my throat bouncing through the walls in an exceedingly loud echo.
I had no idea why she was even at that auction.
Anika had never gone anywhere without asking me first, and if she did attend anything, it was always as my secretary. She was supposed to be right there beside me and not there with her friend looking down at me like I was a stranger.
No one knew that I was married to Anika, and that was for a reason. It would be too much of a hassle. The stress, the unnecessary attention that I couldn’t even bring myself to be bothered with… and then there was Bree—
Bree had a weak heart.
People had assumed for years that I was practically engaged to her. If they suddenly found out I had a wife all along, the backlash, the pressu
