Work‑obsessed startup founder Ethan Cross fights through a burst appendix to close a billion‑dollar deal for his social app. His two childhood co‑founder friends turn against him, believing false rumors spread by a new two‑month intern. Betrayed, drugged with alcohol against doctor’s orders and forced out of the company he built, Ethan sells his shares and returns to his wealthy old‑money family. He prepares to marry his fated fiancée Bella. Sloane and Brooke only learn who Ethan truly is — a man far above their league — on his wedding day.