In an effort to save her father’s company from a financial crisis, Penelope Porter agrees to marry James Baker's grandson, Ryan Baker. However, Ryan, angered by the arrangement, leaves home and neglects his newly wed wife. Three years later, the two cross paths once again. Unaware of Penny’s identity as his wife, Ryan falls deeply in love with her, all the while harboring disdain for the woman he is legally married to—but has never truly met.