After shedding the image everyone used to ridicule, Karlie comes back only to learn Dylan's romance was a calculated revenge scheme tied to her sister. Planning to disgrace her before a crowd and collect a massive wager, he does not know she now leads Mercer's empire. Forced to marry to protect her authority, Karlie joins forces with Dylan's formidable uncle, Dominic. Their convenient union soon becomes the one relationship in which she is genuinely cherished.