For three years, Florence Hawthorne has kept up a façade as the legitimate heiress, dedicating herself to caring for Lancelot Foster, who has been in a coma for two of those years. She promises to act the part while hiding her true identity. When Lancelot unexpectedly regains consciousness six months ago, his mother, Evelyn Sullivan, chooses to keep the truth of their arrangement hidden from him. Lancelot, none the wiser, waits until the three-year mark is up and demands she leave the Foster family. But Florence's world shatters again when she learns of Lancelot's upcoming engagement. The fiancée is none other than her half-sister, Sophia Blake. Florence can't take it anymore. She resolves to leave and reclaim her rightful place as the Hawthorne heiress. Just then, she discovers she is pregnant. When she tries to tell Lancelot, Sophia intercepts her and sets her up, plotting to have her raped. Florence narrowly escapes, driving off in a frenzy, only to end up plunging into the ocean. After her disappearance, Lancelot realizes just how mesmerizing and multi-faceted his once-quiet, boring wife has been, how her absence is felt deeply and visibly, and how admirers flock to her side in droves. In desperation, Lancelot drags her to City Hall. "Honey, ready to get remarried?"