On her engagement day, the unusually strong Willow is given away by her childhood sweetheart fiancé. Ian Rhodes, the straightforward CEO who has been waiting for fifteen years, seizes the opportunity. He showers her with sweet talk and relentlessly shows off his wife, their public displays of affection becoming known to all. Her heartbroken ex-fiancé tearfully begs her to come back, but she simply shows him her marriage certificate and says, "Sorry, it's too late."