My Husband Hired a Model to Pretend to Be His Wife at His High School Reunion — My Lesson Became Legendary

After 12 years of marriage and two kids, my husband Ben decided I wasn’t “good enough” to bring to his high school reunion.

So he paid a beautiful stranger $600 to pretend to be his wife.

And he had no idea I already knew — or that I was planning a public humiliation he’d never forget.

Ben had once been the broke, sweet guy I married at 23. But after climbing the corporate ladder, he started treating me — his exhausted, C-section-scarred, stay-at-home wife — like an outdated accessory. When he bought a $900 suit but told me we were “too tight” to fix the dishwasher, I should’ve known.

But the breaking point came when I opened his laptop and found an invoice from Elite Companions Inc.
Role: Spouse.
Affection level: Light.
Talking points included “we met in college” and “she works in marketing.”

He’d even sent them an old photo of me — so the model could “answer basic questions convincingly.”

I didn’t cry.

I called my best friend, a photographer. Then I called someone on the reunion committee.

At the reunion, Ben strutted in with his hired blonde “wife.”
He had no idea my real wedding photo would appear in the class slideshow — followed by a picture of him and Chloe at the door.

Caption: “Some people grow with their partners. Others rent them for $600.”

The room gasped. Chloe fled. Ben froze.

I stepped forward.

“Hi. I’m Claire — his real wife.”

The applause was thunderous.

By Monday, the photos were everywhere. By Tuesday, Ben was suspended from work.

By Wednesday, I served him divorce papers.

He wanted a trophy wife.

Now he’s just a cautionary tale.
And I’m finally free — and finally enough.