Los Angeles heiress Serena Ryder defies her father to marry struggling architect William and spends three years enduring his contempt while washing dishes at a seafood restaurant. William claims a severe seafood allergy, yet Serena catches him peeling shrimp for his secretary Wendy and realizes he was only rejecting her. She returns to her family, withdraws the hidden investments that built William's company, and exposes Wendy's fake pregnancy and other lies. As William falls into bankruptcy, Serena rebuilds her career and finds sincere love with Dylan, who proposes over a shrimp platter. She marries him and never looks back.
