Evelyn dreams of being trapped in a fire at a mental health resort in a hospital gown, begging Derek for help. Meanwhile, Derek wakes from a nightmare on his wedding day with Evelyn’s aunt Yvette. His assistant reports a fire at the mental hospital with Evelyn trapped inside, and he abandons his wedding to rush into the blazing fire. Twelve years prior, eight-year-old orphan Evelyn was saved from a fire by her late mother’s ex-partner Derek, an immortal zombie king. Fearing his curse would harm her, he hid his identity and rejected her confessions. When Evelyn turned 20, she planned a public confession, only for Derek to announce his engagement to Yvette. Crushed, she got into a London college program with a 90-day departure countdown. She endured Derek’s cruel favoritism: he let seafood-allergic her endure a seafood feast for Yvette, praised Yvette for plagiarizing her wedding dress design, and dismissed her feelings. He also abandoned her after her car accident PTSD breakdown. After a drunken intimate encounter with Derek, a heartbroken Evelyn left a farewell letter and planned to leave. Derek chased her to the airport in regret, yet she never boarded the plane—she was pregnant with his child.
