When May Holliday returned to Holliday Hotel, she was broken, discouraged, and questioning her life decisions. Her biggest fear was that her former boss, Terrell Lindsay, would show up in Willow Creek and manipulate her into working for him again. Instead, William Brewster, her old friend-turned-enemy returns to town.Will is now a successful business owner, well-known in the car industry for the technological improvements his company adds to luxury cars. None of that matters as he comes home to take care of his parents as their health begins to fail. Running into May could give him the friendship that he desperately needs, if only he can get her to forgive him for the stupid things he did when he was young.But when Terrell Lindsay shows up at Holliday Hotel, Will makes an even bigger blunder. Will tells Terrell that he and May are engaged. With a fake engagement, a new working situation, and taking care of his parents, Will has a lot to handle. Can gratitude be the secret ingredient to making everything work?