Lady Carinne is doomed to be sold off into a political marriage--but she refuses to let that happen. Taking control of her fate, she has a one night affair with a mysterious man and conceives his child, sabotaging the arrangement. For this transgression, Carinne's spiteful father locks her and her child away for years... until one day, a sudden proposal frees them both. Arriving at the estate, Carinne braces for the worst--but this suitor is a man she's met before...