She attracts the attention of Constantin "Costa" Demiris, a powerful Greek whose business extends to every industry in the world. At one point, she risks her plan to help Israel, the only man who has treated her with kindness, escape to Africa from the Nazis. She seduces two men, actor-singer Philippe Sorel and director Armand Gautier, and becomes a popular name in theater and film. She hires a private investigator and learns of Larry and Catherine's marriage. Meanwhile, Larry returns to the United States and marries Catherine, though their relationship is strained after World War II, since Catherine feels like Larry returned as a different man. Furious over Larry's betrayal, she aborts their unborn child in the most painful way and devotes the rest of her life planning revenge against him. When he does not return, she develops pneumonia, and is saved by Jewish medical intern Israel Katz, who selflessly helps her get back on her feet. She escapes to Paris, where she is enchanted by American pilot Lawrence "Larry" Douglas, who promises to marry her when he returns from London. She is forced to have sex with him and comes to an epiphany that if she can control men, she can be powerful. She is initially devoted to her father, who capitalizes on her beauty when she comes of age and forces her to be the mistress of Auguste Lanchon, a well-off boutique owner. Noelle Page is born to a poor family in Marseille, France, though is led to believe she is better than everyone else.
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