Cindy Sue worksed at a bar to raise money for her younger brother, who was suffering from leukemia. One day, she was harassed by a customer while on the job. By chance, Reed Lee and Edward Ford were drinking at the bar and came to her rescue. Unfortunately, Cindu got fired from the bar because of this. Reed then offered her a job as his full-time personal secretary, paying her ten times her current salary. With no other options left, Cindy agreed to this unequal arrangement. For the next five years, she worked and lived by his side as his secretary with special obligations. As time went by, Cindy gradually fell in love with Reed. Yet Reed only ever saw her as a partner bound by their deal. Later, upon his mother's arrangement, he entered an engagement with Jolie Cahin, the young heiress to Cahins Group.
