Young ambitious chef, Adriana dreams of stars and is about to open her first restaurant. But his partner's troubled dating could well ruin everything. Forced to host an illegal poker game hosted by siblings Jeff and Angèle Rubens in her back room, Adriana struggles to stay in control on opening night.

After the shock of the shooting, Adriana discovers, horrified, that Angèle and Jeff are her new associates. Pressed to get rid of it, she turns to her former mentor, André Vatine. The Rubens must urgently reimburse poker players. They then call on their hacker friend, Lukas, to find out who is behind the robbery.

Adriana reopens Le Ballast, but faces the machinations of Angèle and Jeff who need the restaurant to launder Anton Arinov's money and settle their debt. Stuck by the Russian mafia, they try to find a new patron within the Armenian mafia, through Stella. But Adriana is in no mood to be cooperative.