On their third anniversary, Victor Summer presented his wife with a diamond pendant named "Love Elena," proclaiming his devotion for all to see. But while the world admired his gesture, Elena sat alone in their hollow mansion, staring at an image from an unknown sender: her husband's new assistant, Chelsea, adorned with that same pendant, entwined in Victor's embrace.
For three years, Elena had been the ideal, obedient spouse. In exchange, she received infidelity, degradation from her mother-in-law, and Victor's repulsive claim that his affair was merely a "bodily requirement" while his heart remained hers. He assumed Elena was imprisoned, bound to him by her father's crushing hospital debts. He believed she would endure the abuse and raise his mistress's offspring.
He miscalculated.
Liquidating their estate, compiling proof, and delivering irrefutable evidence of his unfaithfulness… Nera pivoted and departed, trading her apron for a white laboratory coat, emerging overnight as a world-class pharmaceutical scientist who had stunned the industry.
When Victor, with belated remorse and tearful begging for reconciliation, witnessed his frigid ex-wife being tenderly held by his uncle Adrian, he confronted the distant man before him. The superior man glanced coldly at his nephew, his tone low and menacing: "Who are you calling 'wife'? Address her as 'aunt.'"
