A Mother Forsaken, a Marriage Broken

On the day Tristan and the wealthy heiress Olivia Cruz go to register their marriage, she leaves him and his mother stranded on a deserted road to run to her childhood sweetheart, Brad McCoy. The shock triggers his mother's cardiac arrest, and when Tristan begs Olivia to return and save her, Olivia dismisses it as a performance and ends the call. His mother dies.

Olivia spends that night laughing with Brad and her friends, who mock Tristan as a social climber and a lapdog. She brings them into the home she once swore would stay their private refuge, orders him to clean up for a party, and treats his grief as a scheme to win her back. For six years Tristan worked himself raw for her, while she poured money into Brad's failing startup and answered his every call.

Now, clutching his mother's urn, Tristan looks at Olivia and Brad standing before his mother's funeral portrait, and the marriage he gave everything for is already over.