Edgar Fitz, a legendary cheating expert and the protege of dying mentor Rodney Dixon, receives one last request: protect Rodney’s daughter Esme for three years. At Rodney’s bedside Edgar wins a high-stakes hand and reluctantly vows to honor the promise. At the public family announcement Rodney shocks everyone by naming Edgar as Esme’s husband to secure her takeover of the Dixons’ empire. Esme and relatives protest she doesn’t know him, but Rodney forces compliance: she must "get along and be in love." Edgar agrees, and Rodney’s final warning hangs over them: "If you fail, my child, then you shall suffer."