Lucy Kelson (Bullock) -- a brilliant attorney with a strategic mind who's more interested in saving her Coney Island neighborhood than in earning a big paycheck -- is presented with the opportunity to do both when she accepts a position as chief counsel for real estate tycoon George Wade (Grant).

However, the handsome, charming but totally self-absorbed Wade pushes Lucy to the limit by treating her more like a nanny than the Harvard Law School grad she is. When Lucy decides to quit, her two weeks notice makes them realize they have fallen in love.