After five years as obscure performer Evie, Ivy Lane returns home to marry a man she hasn't met. At the engagement her arranged partner tells her he's in love with another woman and insists they'll divorce in a year, prompting her agency to demand she sign a termination. Ivy reveals her identity as heiress Ivy Lane and that the groom is Troy Quincy. She finds his study filled with her fan merchandise; Quincy orders a ten‑thousand‑fold investment of top resources for Evie. The press calls her 'retired' while Quincy bankrolls her career, leaving her marriage and future unresolved.