A sharp-witted and powerful young woman abandoned by her birth father, returns to say goodbye to her mother's grave and ends up saving a mysterious man from an ambush. Back home, she's mistaken for a clueless country girl and treated with disdain by her family, who even give her fiancé to another. Taking a secret job at a major company, she clashes with jealous rivals and reunites with the man she saved. As dark truths unfold, the two realize their fates are deeply entwined.