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Ana is an ambitious intern,
dreaming of a career in the art world while trying to impress her
demanding boss, Claire. Because of the expensive cost of living in New
York, Ana currently lives with her sister Vivian and Vivian's boyfriend
Ronnie, who has been urging her to move out. During an auction at work,
Ana realizes there has been a typo in the auction's catalogue mislabelling
the type of paint used on a piece that is about to be sold. Ana informs
Claire of the error just in time to make the correction, gaining her a
little respect. The next morning Claire invites Ana to serve as the
assistant to her assistants on an upcoming work trip to London.
Upset by Ana's ambition, Claire’s two assistants Suzette and Renee wait
until the group is boarding their flight to reveal that they have booked
Ana an economy ticket for a flight that leaves 4 hours later. The ticket
agent at the check-in desk witnesses this mistreatment and decides to
upgrade Ana's ticket to first class. While waiting for her flight in the
first-class lounge Ana distractedly answers a phone call and proceeds to
spill her Bloody Mary on a wealthy man named William. Ana and William end
up sitting next to each other on the flight to London and hit it off.
During the flight, Ana accidentally leads William to believe she is the
art director of her company's New York office. He is very impressed and
when they land, introduces Ana to his mother, Catherine, who is a British
celebrity.
Suzette and Renee continue to sabotage Ana, assigning her an office in the
basement and a room at a separate cheaper hotel. Ana receives a voicemail
informing her that she left her laptop in Williams's car. That night she
goes to Catherine’s house to retrieve her laptop and finds herself in the
middle of a party. There she sees Catherine's extensive art collection,
meets a famous painter, and continues to lie about being the director of a
New York auction house.
Suzette and Renee are tasked with getting last-minute tickets to a
performance of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, while continuing
to assign Ana to all of the work they don't want to do. Desperate to get
tickets to impress Claire, Ana visits William who is coaching an at-risk
youth soccer league. William invites her to have lunch with him which she
has to decline due to her workload. William also tells her that there is a
party being thrown that evening and his mother, Catherine, wants Ana to
attend. Before Ana leaves, Will clarifies that he would also like her to
attend, as his date.
Ana runs back to the London office and arrives just as Claire asks Suzette
if she got the tickets. Suzette is forced to admit that she was not able
to and is further embarrassed when Ana shows her up and turns in the
tickets to Claire. Background tensions rise as Gerard, the art director
for the Paris office, and Claire are both vying for the company’s head
director position.
Ana attends the party, with William and Catherine, in a designer dress
that she "borrowed" from Claire. When she suddenly sees Claire arrive with
Suzette and Renee, she is scared her lie will be revealed and attempts to
run off. Will catches her before she leaves and instead takes her to go
dancing at a local bar. At the end of the night, William wants to take Ana
back to her hotel. Embarrassed by where she is actually staying, Ana has
William drop her off at Claire's much nicer hotel and makes an excuse to
prevent him from coming inside. Before leaving, William confesses that he
is falling in love with her.
Over the next week, Ana and William continue to spend time together,
growing closer and developing their relationship. William tells Ana that
he has spent his whole life being used by other people but that she is
different and he admires her for being down-to-earth and humble despite
her wealth and success. He tells her he knows her job is important and
that he has arranged to transfer his work to New York so that they can
continue their relationship.
At the office, Claire praises Ana's hard work and promises that there will
be a promotion in her future. Renee interrupts their meeting to reveal
that a major client has just pulled out of their upcoming auction. That
client is Catherine, William's mother. At that same moment, William
arrives to surprise Ana at work and she rushes him out of the building.
William tells Ana that he had nothing to do with his mother's decision and
doesn't understand why she is acting so strange. He questions whether Ana
was just using him to secure his mother's sale and breaks up with her.
When Ana goes back into the building she is confronted by Claire who has
discovered her lie and her relationship with William's family. She is
fired and escorted out of the building.
Ana visits Catherine and confesses that she is not the successful art
director she was pretending to be. Instead of being upset, Catherine is
proud of Ana for her honesty and agrees to rejoin the auction on the
condition that Ana is the one who handles the sale. Ana is re-hired and
manages to sell Catherine's art for much more than expected. She goes back
to the soccer field and apologizes to William who tells her that he didn't
like her because she was rich, he liked her because he thought she was an
honest person.
Ana returns to New York and six months later she has not heard from
William but is thriving in her career. Ana throws a party to celebrate the
opening of her own art gallery. At the end of the night, after everyone
else has left, William arrives with a suitcase. |
