He Traded Our Marriage for Port Rights, so I Left Sicily

All of Sicily knows that Ilona Greco wants Ophelia's husband, Sterling Vitale, and that Sterling adores his wife. So when Ilona offers three years of priority shipping rights at the port in exchange for a one-month divorce, Ophelia waits for him to refuse. Instead, Sterling signs. He calls it business, promises everything will return to normal after the month, and has the divorce papers brought to the study that same night.

Ophelia signs, but her silence hides a decision of her own. Ilona begins testing her new place: she bars Ophelia from the families' public events, takes the seat that was always Ophelia's, and mocks the ring on her finger. Sterling asks his wife to be patient and slips the ring from her hand, telling her he will make it up to her when the month ends.

Behind a locked drawer, Ophelia gathers her passport and the pocket watch her late parents left her, and answers Orlando Galli's message about Quebec. Sterling believes she is only packing for a short stay. He does not yet know that when his month with Ilona is over, she will be gone from the estate for good.