"Hazel Shepard and Charles Hammer had once weathered poverty and hardship together. But after he made his fortune, she became his kept woman to repay the debts her father had left behind. At her birthday banquet, she was publicly humiliated when she received a cheap, peeling pearl necklace worth barely 25 bucks. In reality, Charles had prepared an 800,000-dollar diamond necklace and a $2 million monthly allowance for her, but his seemingly gentle assistant, Ivana Wicke, had taken them all for herself.
Ivana forged an agreement, destroyed Hazel's career, and orchestrated an online smear campaign against her. Sick and desperate, Hazel gathered evidence on her own and finally confronted Charles. He had already seen through Ivana's scheme, however, and pretended to comfort her so he could expose the powerful financier behind it all, Vincent Jekyll. She was sent to prison, but she spread rumors that Charles had ruined the Shepard family, driving the couple apart.
After uncovering the truth, Hazel helped resolve a kidnapping crisis and cleared up their misunderstandings. The couple eventually reconciled, married, and welcomed a daughter, finally earning the happy ending they had fought so hard for."
