Mia Hale's son looks unlike her and her husband. Her father-in-law Thorne Gates, relying on a paternity test, claimed the child was not of the Gates bloodline, forced Kyle Gates to divorce Mia. Mia proved the child was Kyle's son, and discovered Thorne Gates is infertile. Kyle Gates was Mother-in-law Gates' son from a previous relationship, and Mia's son inherited recessive genes. Thorne Gates took Mia as his goddaughter, and she became the leader of the Gates Group.