Episode: 4
Serena stands bleeding from her lip, staring at Leo in disbelief. She remembers meeting him in New York, his year-long pursuit, and his wedding vows promising eternal protection. In the present, Leo demands she pay the dinner bill. He tells her she can leave naked if he covers it. The surrounding guests gossip that Jade will replace her. Serena looks at her ruined dress and pulls a gold flip phone from her clutch.
Serena stands in the luxury restaurant with a cut, bleeding lip and bruises. She stares at Leo in absolute disbelief. Her mind turns back to their history as she weighs how drastically he transformed over the past three years.
Serena remembers arriving in New York and meeting Leo on the street and university campus. He spent a year pursuing her before their wedding. There, he promised eternal love and loyalty while judgmental guests whispered behind her back.
Back in the present restaurant hall, Leo angrily confronts Serena for embarrassing Jade. He offers to handle the unpaid dinner charges on one humiliating condition. If he covers the total, she must strip and walk outside completely naked.
The restaurant guests observe the confrontation with smirks across their faces. Bystanders gossip openly among themselves about Serena being cast aside. They claim that Leo is discarding his current wife and that Jade will take her place as Mrs. Wagner.
Serena gazes down at her ruined dress under the banquet lights. She realizes this public cruelty was Leo's intended birthday gift. Reaching into her small clutch, she retrieves an expensive gold flip phone and prepares to take action.
“I swear I'll love you and protect you for the rest of my life. I'll never betray you.”
“You knew how much Jade means to me and you still humiliated her. You made me look like a fool. If you can't pay I'll cover the bill. You are my wife right? But you'll walk out of here naked.”
“There'll be a new Mrs. Wagner after tonight.”
Serena realizes that Leo planned this entire degrading spectacle as her birthday present. Staring at her ruined clothing and injured face, she pulls a luxury gold flip phone from her clutch and glares forward with cold determination. Will Serena use the phone to summon powerful allies and turn the tables on Leo and Jade?