Adrian Cole, a corrupt prosecutor, survives a pursuit and a fall into the path of Valentina, heir to a crime family. He loses his personal memories but retains his powers of observation and negotiation. After he spots a covert call inside her club, she offers protection and payment for three months as her husband. On their wedding day, her father is ambushed. Arthur, the family steward, produces a supposed will disinheriting her and ordering punishment. The couple expose contradictory accounts and false testimony, recover her men and resist the takeover. Adrian then remembers a conversation implicating the brother she trusts.