Nicholas Hawthorne and his first love leave Serena Vance without her baby or adoptive father. At her rock bottom, she learns she is the Kensington heiress and returns for revenge. The man who betrayed her kneels and begs for forgiveness, yet she rejects him completely. Serena departs for the UK, declaring their love dead. She ensures they will never meet again, walking away from the life that destroyed her.