On the eve of her wedding, Verena learns that her fiancé Damian has fathered a child with his mistress Luna—and still expects Verena to go through with the marriage while Luna takes her place at the ceremony. After Damian humiliates her and endangers her sick father, Verena makes a daring move: she offers to marry Damian’s adoptive father, Alexander, the real head of the Ford family. At a double wedding—Damian and Luna downstairs, Verena and Alexander upstairs—she becomes her ex’s stepmother, announces she is pregnant with twins, and secures shares in Ford Group. She later exposes Luna’s betrayal, and Damian is disgraced and cast out. Verena gives birth to twin boys and begins a new life.
