Forbidden Love With the Patriarch

Kat Ryder, widow of the third branch, was drugged by her mother-in-law Susan Jordan and unintentionally slept with the patriarch. When her pregnancy was s discovered, her "deceased" husband Mike Lloyd returned, accusing her of adultery. He publicly humiliated her with his lover Vivian Smith in the ancestral hall. Despite Susan's desperate attempts to stop him, the abuse continued until the patriarch intervened, beginning a turbulent love story.