From Castoff Wife to His Rival's Bride

At her daughter's seventh birthday, Nova watches her marriage and family collapse when a paternity test brands Lily a bastard and turns everyone against them. Humiliated, abandoned, and stripped of every safety net, Nova discovers the cruelty was never an accident. As betrayal deepens and old loyalties shatter, she must protect her daughter, reclaim her dignity, and face the powerful people who believed she would always come crawling back again.