Loved as a Possession, Ruined as a Pawn

As an architect, Ethan Miller thought dispatching Julian Vance, his heiress wife Tori's latest amusement, overseas would finally bring him peace. Instead, Tori's savage retaliation struck: a chilling video call revealing auditors in his innocent parents' Brooklyn home, a ruthless digital clock ticking down to their utter financial ruin. Forced to reveal Julian's fake location, Ethan raced against time, frantic and desperate, to save his family's livelihood, witnessing his retired firefighter father suffer a stress-induced heart attack, a direct consequence of Tori's casual cruelty. The woman he'd once loved, who'd put on grand spectacles of affection, revealed her true self: a possessive monster who saw everyone, including him, as mere "entertainment." But as his father recovered, a forgotten prenup emerged with an iron-clad escape clause, prompting Ethan to meticulously gather evidence against Tori, plotting his ghost-like disappearance from her toxic empire, ready to reclaim his life and protect his family, no matter the cost.