Tianjing Zhang

Sandra Gould completes her studies with the support of the Klein family. To repay their kindness, she sacrifices her dream of attending an elite university and stays to support Joe Klein, who repeatedly favors Vivian Shelby over her. Joe assumes Sandra will never leave him—but he doesn't know about the secret agreement she made with his mother. When Joe finally wastes all one hundred chances he has, Sandra marries another man and rises to the top, while he spirals into ruin.

Believing she has the perfect marriage, Zoe Stone is furious to discover that her marriage certificate with Ian Ford is fake—he is legally married to someone else, and the orphan he insists on adopting is his illegitimate child. Refusing to betray herself, she walks away decisively, leaving the unfaithful man buried in the dust of her past.