abuse synonym

Lucius Steele is an orphan who marries into a rich influential family, the Wilde's. He is abused, maltreated and disgraced on a daily basis by his wife an her family. After he catches his wife cheating on their three years marriage anniversary, he gets fed up and calls off the marriage opting for a divorce. Angry with his decision, his wife Valerie Wilde puts out an interview saying he cheated and wanted her only for her money. The press takes up the video turning him into a horrible person. He loses his job and his name is dragged through the mud by everyone. He thinks all is lost but he gets a visit from a stranger claiming that he is the heir to a multi trillion dollar empire. Lucius is skeptical at first but accepts and follows the man. He is introduced into a whole new world as he becomes a multi trillionaire in his own right. It doesn't take long for his now perfect world to be turned upside down as he starts to get cryptic messages from an untraceable source warning him to be careful around the people in his inner circle. Lucius takes the messages at face value until his father's life as well as his own is put in danger. His situation gets out of hand and friends from the most unlikeliest of places help him out but there is someone in the shadows waiting to strike. The past comes back to haunt him and obstacles are placed before him. A betrayal that Lucius didn't expect. He overcomes them all and puts the culprit in jail, never to be heard from again but when the villain escapes a prison transfer, all hell breaks loose.