The Worst Best Man

As Aiden leaves the office building later, he believes that the newly acquired company will do well under new policies. Preoccupied, he collides with Margeaux, who starts to cry and says that her boyfriend stranded her. He reluctantly offers her a ride. Aiden texts Frankie, trying to stay as far away from Margeaux as possible while they both ride in the back of the limo. He knows that he is in love for the first time in his life and thinks that Frankie feels the same way. When he lets Margeaux out, she kisses the side of his face. The chauffeur calls her evil, and Aiden agrees.

Elliot shows Frankie the latest gossip headlines, which allege that Aiden has resumed a relationship with an old girlfriend. There are pictures of Margeaux and Aiden kissing and a selfie of Margeaux cuddling up to someone in a limo. Elliot also tells Frankie that years ago, Aiden manipulated Chip into breaking up with Pru. Frankie ignores the multiple calls from Pru and Aiden. She finds video and photos online and sees that they are clearly fakes or doctored. Gio calls and says that Aiden is looking for her and that they can all tell the photos are fake. Gio does his best to reassure Frankie.

Frankie goes to Aiden’s house to confront him—not about the photos but about Chip and Pru. He confesses that Pru seemed young and immature at the time, and Chip was his only friend. He didn’t know how devastated Pru was over the breakup until he talked to Frankie at the wedding years later. He apologizes and tells Frankie that he loves her. She admits that she loves him but asserts that his decision to leave it unsaid until this moment is manipulation and proves that they do not have a true partnership. As she leaves, she tells Aiden to be careful of Elliot.

Frankie cries all night and stays in bed the next day. Her brothers come over, but when she starts to cry, they don’t know what to do. Marco calls his wife for advice and comes back with magazines, chocolate, soup, and ice cream. To make matters worse, there are paparazzi outside Frankie’s building. Aiden has already filed lawsuits against Margeaux and any outlet that ran the story. Meanwhile, Frankie’s brothers play action movies to comfort her. Aiden constantly texts her and starts sending gifts. Frankie sleeps on the couch to avoid the bed and her memories of Aiden.

The Baranski brothers show up at Aiden’s work, and Aiden and his assistant are sure that they are about to beat him up. However, they only tell him to be more careful around evil women. They also offer their help. They tell him to pretend that he has given up on Frankie. This tactic will make Frankie realize that she has always been looking for an excuse to cut off their relationship because she was scared. They swear Aiden to secrecy and invite him out to dinner. He feels less abandoned.

Frankie’s employers lose their funding, and Frankie loses her job. She is devastated, especially given that Aiden stopped contacting her a week ago. Pru forces her to go out to lunch. Pru then announces that she is pregnant. She lectures Frankie and urges her to forgive Aiden, using herself and Chip as an example. Pru says that Frankie was waiting for an excuse to leave Aiden, which makes Frankie realize that she wasn’t truly as committed as Aiden had been. Pru adds that Frankie is a loyal person and suggests that she show that loyalty to Aiden.

Frankie takes 24 hours to make a plan and talks to many different people. She gets the video of Margeaux attacking another bridesmaid in Barbados. When this video appears all over the city, Margeaux is discredited. Frankie meets Elliot in a bar. Elliot thinks that she wants to get revenge on Aiden, but instead, Frankie hands him a file of evidence showing his bad behavior over the last 10 years. She notes that the man he was endorsing for chief executive officer is now under investigation for embezzlement. When Elliot threatens a lawsuit, Frankie says that Chip will counter with charges of abduction. She demands that Elliot leave Aiden alone, step down from the company, and only see Aiden at awkward family dinners. She will keep the folder. As she leaves, she throws her drink in his face and leaves, telling him to do better.

Frankie walks into Aiden’s office in her red dress. He thinks he must be dreaming and can see on her face that she feels the same charge of electricity. She says that she has a proposition and proceeds to pitch him a business proposal. He is disappointed but interested in her pitch about making a difference in smaller communities. When he asks who would manage it, she says she would, but she wants more than a job.

Frankie says that she’s having trouble forgiving herself for letting him down. She tells him all the things she loves about him, kneels, and offers him her grandfather’s ring. She says that she can give him family, loyalty, and love and then asks him to marry her. When he asks about his own family, she reassures him. He accepts her proposal, and they kiss. They celebrate by having sex on his desk.

A month later, Aiden and Frankie are lounging in the same room in Barbados where they first made love. The entire Baranski family, along with Chip, Pru, and Antonio (their teenage driver), are there for the wedding. Aiden’s father has also come. Aiden has bought Elliot out of the company. May notices that they can see into Frankie’s room and waves. Frankie and Aiden dive to the floor, and Frankie is relieved that the family will be leaving tomorrow. They make love on the floor on top of their wedding clothes from the night before. Aiden says that he will never get enough of her.