Harper's father pressures her to replace him in a marriage to the feared mafia boss Klaus Wolfe, insisting the dowry is the only way to pay for her daughter Eleanor's medical treatment. Despite knowing Klaus is ruthless, Harper agrees to save her child. At the wedding, Klaus discovers the deception and threatens her family. To prove her desperate commitment, Harper declares she will marry him or die and jumps into a pool. Klaus, intrigued, accepts, leaving Harper to whisper a guilty apology to her daughter.