Mira Thornvale

Five years ago, Serena Shi was declared dead—burned, disgraced, and erased by the man she loved. Framed for a crime orchestrated by her own sister, forced to abandon her newborn daughter, and exiled under a false name, Serena vanished from Rainport and its cold, glittering towers.

Now, she's back.

Not as a victim, but as a partner at one of the world’s most powerful law firms. Her mission is clear: reclaim custody of the daughter who was buried with her name, expose the lies that destroyed her life, and dismantle the algorithm that coded her death into corporate profit.

But fate—or something programmed to look like it—has other plans.

Julian Lu, her former husband and the CEO of LuTech, never recovered from losing Serena. When she resurfaces with a child who looks just like him and evidence that his empire is built on betrayal, he must choose: destroy the system he was born to lead or lose Serena all over again.

This is not just a story of second chances.
It's a war between law and love, data and destiny, guilt and grace.
And this time, no one walks away without answering to the truth.

Return Under a New Sky

**Five Years Ago – Rainport General Hospital**


“Just sign,” Julian said coldly, pushing the divorce papers across the hospital tray.


Serena blinked through painkillers, her skin pale, stitches fresh along her abdomen.


“You think I poisoned your mother,” she rasped, “and faked a miscarriage.”


Outside the door, reporters shouted, their cameras flashing like lightning behind the glass. Beside them stood a woman in white.


Her voice slipped through the door’s crack, honeyed and cruel: “Murderess.”


Serena’s hand trembled as she reached for the pen. “Julian, please—”


“Don’t,” he snapped. “Not here. Not with more lies.”


She swallowed. “I gave her my kidney.”


His jaw clenched. “Then why did she lose the baby?”


Serena winced, pain blooming down her side. “Because she was never pregnant. You saw blood and believed her.”


He didn’t answer. Just turned and walked out, leaving the pen, the papers, and the sound of her heart flatlining in her own ears.


Chapter 4 – The Anatomy of Betrayal