Shantelle Scott gives up her ambitions for an arranged marriage to Evan Thompson, hoping he will eventually love her. His demand for a divorce ends that hope. Years later, she is an accomplished surgeon when Evan returns and asks her to mend his broken heart, seeking another chance at their relationship.
Wendy Crone spends three years caring for Stanley Hawk in a vegetative state. After he awakens, messages expose an affair connected to his returning first love. Wendy files for divorce rather than endure further ridicule. When Stanley confronts her, he encounters a poised doctor instead of the disregarded wife he expected.