Gemma Sully was set up by her stepsister for a one-night stand with a stranger. Even her fiancé called off their engagement. Desperate to help her critically ill mother, Gemma begged her father, who cruelly suggested she spend a night with an old man. Enraged, she impulsively married a stranger who promised to cover her mother's medical expenses. Initially, she believed she married an ordinary man with good looks, but he turned out to be a powerful figure from a prestigious family.