Serena, the wife of a wealthy man, discovers that her husband Julian has been having an affair with his assistant Chloe, who is also pregnant. Julian’s mother, Eleanor, forces Serena to sign a $500 million asset transfer agreement as part of their divorce, driving her out of Manhattan. By this point, Serena is already pregnant with twins—a boy and a girl. She takes the massive sum of money and moves to Napa Valley, California, using the $500 million as leverage to build her own hotel empire. On the children’s one-month anniversary, during Julian and Chloe’s nationally televised “wedding of the century,” Serena sent a paternity test report that sent shockwaves through the venue. Chloe had given birth prematurely, and her child was actually the son of her ex-boyfriend, Brad. Eleanor, having failed to secure custody of her grandchildren, attempted to manipulate public opinion; as financial scandals rocked the family one after another, the Sterling business empire came crashing down. With Julian behind bars, Serena held onto her two children, took control of the estate and hotel businesses, and began a new chapter in her life.