Katherine Pierce was dumped on their anniversary by her high school boyfriend, Cole Saltzman. Heartbroken, she refuses to go to the school hockey game, but her friend convinces her to go shopping at the mall. There, she bumps into a stranger and speaks rudely to him, unaware that he's NHL star Ethan Vance, who also happens to be involved with organized crime. Later that same night, she runs into him at the game, and they walk in together, resolving their differences. Their photos go viral online, and he asks her to pretend to be his girlfriend to help him land a contract with Nike. The fake relationship also works in her favor, as it can make her ex-boyfriend jealous, little knowing that the Vance and Saltzman families have deeper rivalries than she's aware of. Her heart is fragile; will she take the risk?