On the contract's third anniversary, Shirley confronts Adrian after realizing her three-year engagement was a staged cover for Adrian's affair with his adopted sister Laura, who has just returned. Flashbacks show Shirley signed a three-year contract that promised $10 million after she saved Laura from drowning. Late at night she accuses Adrian of using Laura's life as leverage and demands to break the engagement. Adrian pushes back, saying the family wouldn't accept Laura and calling Shirley the one causing trouble now that Laura is back. Her breakup demand is left unanswered, the engagement's fate unresolved.