On their wedding night a newly married couple bickers about privacy while planning the public ceremony; the husband refuses to cancel the wedding but agrees to Celeste’s revenge plan and asks Lucia to keep their marriage secret. Michael returns and is summoned by his adoptive father, who reads Celeste’s letter cancelling Michael’s engagement and transferring it to Melanie, then disowns him. The episode ends with Michael expelled from the Leigh family and the public wedding still set to proceed, leaving the secret marriage and Michael’s fate unresolved.