A woman, Sierra Vane, is confronted by a reporter about faking her death and her failed marriage to billionaire Julian Thorne. Instead of addressing the salacious gossip, she publicly reveals a damning secret: Julian's Aurelian Group used its fashion supply chain to cover up international human trafficking, and she implies he profited from her disappearance and their son. As public outrage erupts, Julian's team plots to discredit her as unstable. Later, Julian privately warns Sierra that his associate Marcus will kill her if she keeps digging, but she defiantly declares the woman he married is dead. She tells him the person standing before him now is here to take everything he has.