Elian transmigrates into a novel and is forced by the system to play the villainous ex-husband who abandons his bankrupt husband. Five years ago, though pregnant with Cassian's child, he had to lie and leave so Cassian would hate him. He kept the child and secretly used Northstar Capital to save Vale Group, ensuring Cassian could rise again five years later. When the system finally releases him, Elian returns with their son Theo, introduces himself as Cassian's ex-husband, and tells Grant they'll remarry. Cassian stays cold on the surface, yet remembers his favorite breakfast, accepts the lunch box Theo decorated with a heart, calls him "Family" in front of reporters, and kisses him in the company hallway. When old messages are exposed by Grant and Evander, Marianne and Grant team up to pressure them, but Cassian keeps standing by Elian's side. In the end, Cassian kneels before Theo and proposes with a brand-new ring—a marriage Elian truly chooses.
