Reserved Bess has lived a perfect, boring life in the shadow of her showy model sister, Helen. Even Tom, Bess's fiancé, insists that she should just rely on him instead of doing things on her own. At Tom and Bess's engagement party, Helen brings home her new lover, Luke. He's an Italian investor whose burning gaze follows Bess wherever she goes. He undoes her hair, skillfully takes the lead while they dance and whispers sweetly in her ear. Will she follow his tempting advice to live her own life?