After ten years with mafia boss Jax, Aurora discovers he has been sleeping with his club manager, Scarlett, who is pregnant with his child. Instead of begging or fighting, Aurora accepts a classified military medical project and erases her identity, becoming Dr. Phoenix. Jax destroys his empire trying to find her, only to lose his power, fortune, and sanity. While his mistress falls into ruin and he dies abandoned, Aurora wins global acclaim for a breakthrough cancer treatment and chooses freedom over a rotten love.
