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I loved Eric for ten years. But at his twenty-eighth birthday party, I watched him propose to his first love, Serena Miller. He mocked my foolish devotion, me, his foster sister. When Serena faked a fall down the stairs, Ethan slapped me, whipped me, and even locked me in the basement. He looked at me with disgust. "You're too malicious. Who could ever love someone like you?" In the end, I died tragically in that cold, dark basement. Reborn, I knelt before my adoptive mother, declaring with absolute resolve, "I'm willing to marry Damian Vance." Aurora POV At the twenty-eighth birthday party of billionaire heir, Eric Owens, he gave me the biggest "surprise" of my life. In front of all the powerful elites and media, he walked onto the stage, holding hands with his freshly returned first love, Serena Miller, and took the microphone. "I'd like to use today's occasion to announce something. Starting tomorrow, the core 'Stardust' project of Owens Corp. will be fully managed by Serena as its