Lance scrimped through odd jobs for fiancée Carly; she cheated with slick Elliot, moved him into his house while pregnant, demanded his assets. He quit, liquidated. Vera, billionaire heiress-CEO who long watched him, courted him three years through rejections; they wed. Taking it as a bluff, Carly's family crashed a gala, smashed tycoon Marcus's art, facing jail and bankruptcy. Lance rises with Vera, coldly watching them beg.
