Fading Years, Drifting Apart

Irene is in the middle of wedding preparations when her fiancé James leaves for a last-minute business trip. During a late-night call, a woman named Sloane strolls into his hotel room with wine, drapes an arm around him, and calls Irene "future wifey." James insists Sloane is an old high-school friend and practically a bro, but her silk slip, her teasing, and his easy defence of her leave Irene swallowing her discomfort.

When Irene calmly asks Sloane to leave, James backs Sloane instead, and the call ends with him promising to ring back. He never does. Panic drives Irene to make the four-and-a-half-hour overnight drive to his hotel, where she spots the pair in matching athletic wear heading out to watch the sunrise.

Trailing them on the trail, Irene overhears Sloane complaining about the wedding menu and James promising to change it. Then he tells Sloane that Irene lost her parents young, so her personality is extreme and paranoid, and to just tolerate her.