Nicholas faces pressure from his uncle, who demands he take full blame for ending his engagement to Celia while publicly admitting to being the mistress and apologizing, a move that would ruin Nicholas’s reputation. Despite Nicholas’s protests, his uncle insists this must happen within a week and sets two conditions: Nicholas must accept the fallout and sacrifice his image, though the shares he received remain untouched. Tensions rise as others warn that exposing this scandal will destroy Lena, who is caught in the middle. Nicholas resists, but the looming public confession threatens to derail everything.