Trouble in Paradise
Four years of marriage to Nicholas Hawk, and I, his wife, yearn for a child. Yet, our bed remains cold, our union unconsummated. I believed it was disinterest, a lack of passion. Until a doctor's stark diagnosis shattered my world: an anal fissure, caused by sexual intercourse, suffered by a woman I know. The patient? Nicholas's sister. Not by blood, but by a bond that now feels like a betrayal. My heart, once full of hope, plummets into an abyss of despair and suspicion. What secrets does my husband keep? What truth lies hidden behind the facade of our perfect marriage?