A crowd mistakes Lacey for the Grant Group CEO, but she quickly rejects the mix-up and reveals a more urgent crisis: Alex forced her father to promise her in marriage, and she refuses to marry him. To escape that fate she must marry Dylan tonight and consummate the union immediately. Hesitant guests relent after Lacey says she's the Thomsons' only daughter and head of Shadow Flock—a controversial but charitable group Grant Group has noticed. Dylan's side presents lavish gifts and a jade bracelet marking her as the lady of the Grant family. The hastened ceremony ends as they depart for the crucial night, outcome uncertain.