The Substitute Wife's Revenge

On the day they were meant to collect their marriage license, Liam Sterling demands that Chloe register his aunt Bella's unborn child under her name. When she refuses, he abandons her at the City Hall, the ninth time their registration has failed because of Bella. Chloe instead messages Noah, who rushes over from an eighty-million-dollar contract signing, and the two marry.

At Grandfather Sterling's eightieth birthday, Liam hands Chloe a scarf that proves to be a free gift with Bella's bag, and gives away the Bodhi bracelet she once climbed 999 steps to obtain. He presses her to tell his grandfather she is infertile and that Bella is a surrogate, warning that otherwise they break up.

Cornered on the terrace, Chloe faces Liam's cold ultimatum about the child, while Bella watches with red eyes.