29/08/2026
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n 2018, Nora Bennett, a computer science student at City College of Chicago, worked part-time as a housekeeper at Lakefront Grand Hotel to cover her tuition fees. One day, out of the blue, a disoriented stranger named Adrian Sterling dragged her into a hotel room. The next morning, Adrian left a note telling Nora to wait for him in the room. Overwhelmed by the pressures of school, her part-time job and daily life, Nora left the hotel without waiting. A month later, Nora found out she was pregnant. Having grown up bouncing between foster homes her entire life, she had always longed for a real family. Even after her professor warned her how grueling single parenthood would be, she made up her mind to take a one-year leave of absence to give birth to her baby alone, with plans to resume her studies afterward. Six years later, Nora had graduated with her computer science degree and was raising her bright, sweet son Noah Bennett by herself. Noah was hit by a car driven by wealthy heiress Vanessa Sinclair and suffered a fractured right arm, requiring expensive rehabilitation treatment. Vanessa refused to take any responsibility for the accident. Using her familyβs influence, she meddled with the insurance claims process and deliberately delayed all compensation payments. Desperate to afford her sonβs medical bills, Nora landed a job at Sterling Group. She had no idea the companyβs CEO Adrian Sterling was the man from six years prior. Around the same time, Adrianβs father Richard