Five years ago, Bella Clarke walked away from Luke Harper, whose family fortune had crumbled to nothing. Five years later, they cross paths again, and Luke, harboring deep-seated resentment, humiliates and exacts his revenge on Bella. In a twist of fate, both Bella and Luke's current girlfriend are kidnapped. Faced with a harrowing choice, Luke unhesitatingly saves his girlfriend, while Bella and the child she's just conceived plunge into the icy river below. The frigid waters pierce her to the bone, and as despair envelops her, Bella closes her eyes, her heart giving way to resignation, "Luke, this time, I truly don't love you anymore." The truth of the past surfaces, and Luke realizes his grave mistake. Learning of Bella's engagement to another man, he races against his injuries to stop her. Grasping Bella's wrist, he pleads, "Can you not get engaged to him?" But Bella, releasing herself from his grip, walks resolutely towards another man, her words echoing behind her, "Luke, I don't love you anymore."