Makenna is a recently graduated veterinary science student who finished her six-year program in just four years. She took a year off to care for her mother, Carol, who recently passed away after a seven-month battle with aggressive cancer. Having lived a sheltered and academically focused life, she embarks on a birthday trip to Las Vegas with her best friend, Nikki, fully funded by her mother's secret inheritance.
In Vegas, Kenna meets Matt Hargrove and ends up marrying him in a spontaneous chapel ceremony after bonding over their shared family traumas. Through a letter left by her mother, Kenna discovers her true identity as a member of the wealthy Westman family and learns that her biological father is Daniel Ulrich. Rather than fleeing from the revelation, she chooses to face her newfound family alongside Matt.