The main character meets Wayne Hanks for a date at the dessert shop where Stephon Jacobs used to work. The MC claims her wealthy parents have found her an appropriate suitor, and although they have come to approve of Wayne after her protests, the suitor is refusing to give up his pursuit. The MC asks Wayne to fend the suitor off, which will also win power and status for Wayne within the MC's family.
When Wayne agrees to meet the MC's suitor, Vyn enters, playing the prearranged role with surprising realism; he claims to own one of the top enterprises in the world and come from an aristocratic family as powerful as the von Hagens, and the two continue to argue over matters of knowledge and culture.