After discovering her husband Sebastian Wofford's affair, Caitlin Vernon humbly remarried him for one reason only—to reclaim her mother's emerald bracelet. But Sebastian continued betraying her: publicly humiliating her, kicking her out in the rain to pick up his mistress, tossing their wedding ring into the trash. When Caitlin waited all night at the auction house only to have the bracelet snatched away by his mistress's interference, she fell into the trap of Sebastian's business rival Edmund D'Angelo. Dragged into a private club and brutalized, she escaped by jumping from a fifth-floor window. She survived, changed her name, and rebuilt her life in Tahoe. Believing her dead, Sebastian descended into madness—forcing his mistress to abort, searching frantically everywhere. In the end, Caitlin refused to meet him, refused to forgive him, and divorced him officially. She took back the repaired bracelet—but not the man.
