Serena has pined for Ryan for ten years, yet he sees her only as a casual lover, certain she chases his wealth. He repeats the same perfume gift, disowns her for his first love, stays silent for eight days after her pregnancy proposal, demands a secret marriage and lets Anna do as she pleases, and favors his first love openly at parties. Her only countdown is her swelling belly and the blank father slot waiting on the birth certificate. Ryan is unaware she earned her aviation medicine degree for him and stayed loyal for two years. Her claim of craving his fortune was just bravado. Her best friend just uncovered the old sketches from her high school drawer, and the truth is nearly out.
