On My First Day as CEO, My Husband’s Secretary Called Me an Intern. By Sunset, I Learned the Company—and My Marriage—Had Been Built on a Lie.

headquarters had turned clothing into a caste system.

“I’m not a custodian,” I said.

“Then you’re an intern. Interns use the service elevator too.”

Her nameplate read JANG CHIN TONG — EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT SHIAO.

My husband’s office.

My husband’s secretary.

I had been married to Shiaoza for ten years and had never met her.

A woman near the elevator whispered, “Please. Just take the service elevator. Secretary Jang can make your life difficult.”

“Does it go to the sixty-eighth floor?”

“No. It stops at sixty-three.”

“So what do employees