Love at Midnight

Episode 1

Stella has reached her breaking point. After two years of a marriage she calls a trap, she tells Finn Myers she wishes they had never met — and that she is done waiting for nothing. She signs the divorce agreement and makes one request: his grandfather must not find out yet. She also makes it clear she's finished with him and Mia. Finn insists nothing is going on with her stepsister, but Stella says the moment she signed, she was done. Late that night, Mia claims Finn isn't available and brushes Stella off, leaving her with no answers.

Episode 2

Alone at a bar, Stella is cornered by a pushy stranger who won't take no for an answer. Just as things turn ugly, a man steps in — Dereck, who says he knows her and asks if she's okay. He offers to call Finn, but Stella refuses, calling him a jerk and insisting she isn't crying: she dumped him. Dereck suggests they call it a night, but Stella has other plans. She points out he's very good-looking and she's a divorced woman now, and she has her rules. He mentions a place with the best champagne.

Episode 3

Dereck hesitates, saying he doesn't think this is a fantastic idea and offering to just take her home. Stella refuses — she doesn't want to go home. She wants a drink to celebrate the first day of her divorce. The mood shifts as Dereck asks if she knows who he is, and Stella, playful, calls him her honeybee. He wants to hear her say his name: Dereck. She says it. The two of them lean into the night together, the champagne and the strange familiarity between them building something neither of them names yet.

Episode 4

Morning brings a jolt: a horrified "what have I done?" Then reality intrudes — Grandpa has called and wants them home for dinner. He's arranged some kind of party. Finn says only that Stella must keep her promise: not one word about the divorce to Grandpa. At the gathering, Grandpa greets Dereck warmly, glad he could make it back after so long apart. Stella is left standing in the middle of a room where her new acquaintance and her husband's family clearly already know each other.

Episode 5

At dinner, Grandpa laments that someone couldn't join them tonight, then tells Finn he really should meet a certain young lady — she's all grown up now and quite lovely. Finn says he'd love to meet her, then excuses himself to the restroom. Away from the table, Stella is cornered with a pointed question: why is she here with Finn? They thought the two were divorced. Stella fires back that it's none of their business. The evening is tightening around her, with Grandpa matchmaking and someone already sniffing out the truth she promised to hide.

Episode 6

The morning-after talk turns awkward fast. Someone suggests they had fun and proposes doing it again sometime. Stella tells them to shut up — then they push back, reminding her she laid a hand on him first, and that she should have stopped him. "None of this should have happened," she insists. Then the conversation pivots to business: an authority figure demands Mia be set up with Dereck. Stella is appalled. Marrying Mia into the Hughes family, the argument goes, would make them unstoppable in the city. Stella demands to know if anyone ever thought about her happiness — or only about how much Myers will invest.

Episode 7

Stella refuses to play along and is told to stop being childish and just come home. Finn Myers reminds her they aren't a married couple anymore — but he hasn't filed the papers yet. He offers a trade: come home tonight and he'll cancel the divorce, because Grandpa needs her there. Stella accuses him of eavesdropping and says the moment he messed around with her, he was dead to her. Finn swears nothing happened with Mia, that he was drunk on a business trip and Mia was only taking care of him. Stella has heard enough explanations. She walks out, and he chases her.

Episode 8

Dereck shows up, and Finn confronts Stella. He grabs her, demanding to know how long she's been messing around behind his back, accusing her of signing the papers so fast because of Dereck. Stella reminds him she signed exactly as he wished. Finn lashes out — after everything he did for her mother and all the projects he handed her, this is his thanks. Stella tells him to file the divorce papers, or she will. Then she lands the real blow: how far will his stock price drop once everyone learns the marriage ended because of him?