Elena was murdered by her fiancé Julian and her stepsister Chloe. After her rebirth, Elena was determined to take revenge and regain her mother's inheritance. She accidentally fell in love with Alexander, who she later discovered was Julian's fourth uncle. At the wedding, she exposed their affair in public, Alexander revealed his true identity, and she married him instead, successfully inherited the inheritance, and moved from a transactional relationship to true love with Alexander.
