

Nadine and Wesley have been together for 15 years, 8 of them long-distance. She quits her Chicago job, brings $280k saved for a down payment, and flies to San Francisco to propose at a concert — only to catch Wesley kissing her best friend Sabrina on the kiss cam.Sabrina openly taunts her and bets she can pull Wesley away anytime. After a severe allergic reaction and a car crash, Nadine sees Wesley keep choosing Sabrina over her.Heartbroken, she cancels their home plans, releases all the proof of their betrayal before boarding her flight home, and walks away.Back in Chicago, Nadine builds her own design studio and rebuilds her life. Wesley sells everything and chases her across the country to win her back. But it’s too late. Nadine didn’t fight for another man. She fought to take her life back.

Three days before our wedding, my fiancé, Raphael Russo, was killed in a gang shootout. They didn't even find a body. As I was drowning in grief, comments suddenly flashed before my eyes: 【Wake up, girl! the coffin's empty! He faked his death! The scumbag ran off to be with that scheming bitch chloe, the one pretending to be sick!】 【While you're crying your eyes out at the funeral, Raphael is fucking Chloe’s brains out in a hotel bed.】 【When he comes back, he'll claim he has amnesia. You won't know a thing and you'll forgive him. You poor thing…】 A month later, news of my marriage to Mafia Don Marcello Falcone spread through New York. Raphael’s right-hand man cornered me, furious. “How could you betray the Boss?” I tightened my grip on Marcello’s arm and smiled. “A girl can’t mourn forever, can she? I’m sure Raphael, in spirit, would be happy for me.”

The night before our 17th wedding attempt, my mafia husband, Rafaeal Holloway, looks at me and promises an uninterrupted wedding. He solemnly swears. "Gianna, I promise you. I told Natalia that even if the sky falls, she'll deal with it alone." I am five months pregnant by then. After three years of dating and five months carrying his child, we've never managed to make it down the aisle because he's canceled the past 16 weddings. Every single time, it's for his sworn sister, Natalia Sullivan. The first time, she claims she has a fever. I spend the whole night at the hospital, still in my wedding dress, just to find out she has a mild cold. The second time, she claims her chest hurts. Rafael abandons me mid-wedding and rushes to her side, while she's out laughing over afternoon tea with friends. The third time, she cries for fear of thunder. He bolts mid-vows and leaves me alone in a hall full of staring guests. But everything's different now. Three days ago, a letter arrived from Northern Silenzio. My father, the Don of the Rossetti family, has finally summoned me home. If Rafael walks away for Natalia one more time, I'll leave for good.

A week before Easter, Adrian gave me seven days off and had a ticket to Stockholm slipped into my bag. I thought he was finally learning how to care. Then I heard him talking to our son on the staircase. “Dad, are you really going to marry Aunt Bianca? What about Mom?” Noah was holding his model car, trying to sound brave. Adrian was quiet for a moment. “It’s only a legal marriage. Matteo is gone. Bianca and Sophia are exposed, and I can’t leave them that way. They need the DeLuca name for protection.” “Does Mom know?” “She can’t know.” His voice softened. “Keep this from her, Noah. On your birthday, I’ll buy you that Aston Martin model you want.” So the ticket was never a gift. It was a way to move me out of the picture. If he could put his family name on another woman, even for show, then I could take back the pride and ambition I had buried in this marriage. This time, when I left for the north, I would not come back.

During the 2008 New Year travel rush, Nancy Zane is separated from her mother, Yvonne Chaplin, at a crowded train station. For the next 16 years, Yvonne never stops searching for her lost daughter. But when fate finally brings them together again on New Year’s Eve, Yvonne fails to recognize Nancy, who now goes by Rachel Jensen.

Six years ago, Mary Wade shared an intimate night with the drugged Nathan Tudor, an encounter that unexpectedly led to her pregnancy and the birth of her daughter, Tina Wade.In a surprising turn of events, Mary later enters into matrimony with Nathan, driven by the need for financial support to treat Tina's illness. Strikingly, neither Mary nor Nathan has seen each other before this.