Carmen Washington wasn't blessed with a perfect life, she was destined for doom from the day she was born. Her parents are well-known deadbeats who couldn't raise her. She's been in and out of group homes and juvenile detentions throughout her teenage years. Now, Carmen is twenty and is desperate need of a fresh start. Thus, she finds out that the Stansfield Estate is hiring a full-time housekeeper and nanny. Once she's hired, she meets their eldest son, Dayton Cliff Stansfield; spoiled but, charming, intelligent, and handsome. His life seems picture perfect, yet he has his own dark secrets. The day Carmen and Dayton came into contact, their lives turned into a downward spiral.