To support her brother in college, hardworking assistant hostel manager and online vegetable seller Pat Reyes trains her boss’s hardheaded and exiled grandson, James Raymundo as a hostel employee. In a game of cat and mouse, Pat tries to straighten James up while he tries to get out of doing the hard work. James finds an opportunity to make Pat recommend a raise for him when she needs him to pretend to be her boyfriend to get rid of her returning ex, Dave Verona. But as they discover the rejected souls behind their banters and bravado, they find themselves falling in love for real.