Ella’s world shatters when her father dies and Daniel—gone with his first love, Lily—turns away from her in her darkest hour. Learning that he reassigned her father’s doctor to Lily’s mother only deepens the betrayal, and at the funeral he stands with Lily instead of his wife. Pregnant and grieving, Ella miscarries, signs the divorce papers, leaves her ring, and disappears without a trace. Daniel spends six months searching for her, but when he finally finds Ella, she refuses to reconcile and has already begun a new life with Owen. He signs the divorce at last, then suffers a devastating fall that leaves him paralyzed—after everything is already lost.