Aurora Ashworth, the de facto head of the conglomerate, was publicly declared at the victory banquet by her parents to be no biological daughter of theirs—their real daughter was Julianna. After being stripped of her identity, humiliated, and cast out, Aurora left with nothing and returned to the Rust Belt slums. Using her business acumen, she started from scratch and led the locals into entrepreneurship: beginning with a skewer food truck, she gradually gained a foothold. To secure the engagement, Julianna repeatedly schemed to crush her—shorting her stocks, cutting off her supply lines, and plotting forced demolition and takeover. Nathaniel stood firmly by Aurora and publicly refused to marry Julianna. Frank risked his life to obtain video evidence of bribery. Enraged, Julianna kidnapped Luna and set a trap, but was eventually arrested by the police, and the conglomerate went bankrupt and was restructured. A community business center was built in the Rust Belt. Aurora and Nathaniel got engaged, leading the neighborhood out of poverty for good.
