At an engagement gathering the Nell family publicly derides a nobody girl after news of her betrothal. Mr. Nell orders her to dress and moves to make the union official. A contract is read: six months' marriage for 1.5 million, terminable anytime; she must comply with legal requests, play a perfect wife, keep private lives separate, and never reveal the agreement. A pregnancy clause extends the deal until childbirth if required. She says she's fine but doubts intimacy. When the host asks "Any objections?" the room freezes, the agreement hanging unresolved.