Roseanne thought she knew the man she loved. After two years together, she believed Adrian was the person she would spend the rest of her life with. But when she discovers that he has been unfaithful, everything she believed about their relationship falls apart. Heartbroken, Roseanne packs her suitcase and leaves Adrian behind, determined to start over somewhere far away from him. But before she can walk out of his family's mansion, she meets the one person she never expected to meet—Xavier Black, Adrian's billionaire father. Adrian has always told Roseanne that he and his father don't get along. He rarely speaks about Xavier, so meeting the powerful and intimidating man for the first time catches her completely off guard. Their first encounter is brief. But there's something about the way Xavier looks at her that Roseanne can't quite forget. She knows she should keep her distance. After all, Xavier is her ex-boyfriend's father. But as their paths continue to cross, Roseanne finds herself drawn to the one man she never should have wanted. And Xavier Black feels the same way.

Alicia Vale thought leaving Windstone Valley would finally mean leaving her past behind. After years of living with her abusive father and wondering what really happened to her missing mother, Alicia gets a scholarship to Heritage College—the one place her father desperately refuses to let her go. So she leaves anyway. But Heritage isn't just a new beginning. It's connected to the city where her mother disappeared, the wealthy Cross family her mother once worked for, and a boy who seems strangely familiar. Cole Cross remembers Alicia. Years ago, they met briefly—long enough for her face to become a memory he never forgot. But Alicia doesn't remember him at all. As secrets begin to surface and their lives become tangled together, Alicia starts to wonder if finding the truth about her mother means uncovering a past she was never meant to remember.