Six y`e`[ars
^( ag^o, %$Reed Carlisl`e, t]he secret power beh#$ind Apex  \G^,ro*++*
up and known as Mr . Big, was a._=mbus($hed and poiso_; ned at
Saint +%L `aurent Hote )l. In a mistaken m ?emory, he( bel[^ieved S?`_ele;na Voss.![ was ^/the\+# woma:)n -
_who saved () him,`* so@- $.*he quiet\)!ly *=;supporte!d he*/%r career for
$ yea=;rs. Bu,;t when Selena f#$#inal:;]ly rose to fame, ]she crue/$ -lly dumped Reed and \[m %ocked h-im `#as noth=!in;g more than a low]^ly valet parker.
On th)e same night, Reed ;)resc,=u(ed[ Ver;a  _Monroe and h][e($ r y%_oung d(
)aught;)er, Lia@.@ Mo\,nroe:., f rom Damian ;Thorne’s forced m:ar$r$+i$@@age sche %me. To avoid being trapp_.!ed#/ by the Thor$[n`].e/ fa 
mily,?? V$/era impulsively propos+$^ed marriage, and R#-`eed a ccepted. As th$+eir fake! ma+rriage slowly turned:^. r:@?.eal,\%) Reed ],p +rote+cted ;$
Vera @`and L!*ia in secret, us in
(g Apex’^
s vas/@+t resources to .=c?@*#rush T(
-(horn .\e’%
-s a[\ttacks, expose-[ S!)e\lena’--s lies, and hel@:=p Vera f?igh^t back in ;the fashion wo
rld.;
A !=!s th!/#
e ],[truth )unfolded, Reed discovered t-h at the real wom_an who saved hi-m$ six years` ago ;%,was Ve-``:ra all+ alo ng;:. In the end;, Damian a ?*nd Sel)#ena were broug\ht down, Reed f ` or\)mally,$ =.proposed to Vera, an@d the family ?:of thr.ee finally?# found ,the
ir happy # end- !/ing.