Liam experiences some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder while preparing to testify against Ashley, while Annie is furious when Naomi tracks down their half-brother Mark, a chef who owns a gourmet food truck. Silver is overbearing with her surrogate Michaela, whom Dixon discovers has an amazing singing voice.

Naomi decides to open a restaurant with her half-brother Mark, while Dixon books Michaela to perform at the restaurant opening, unbeknownst to Silver. Annie feels confused about her newly re-surfaced feelings for Liam and Navid agrees to escort Campbell’s fiancé to an event, only to find out Campbell is cheating on her.

Liam decides to open his own custom surfboard shop for women, but things get complicated when he becomes romantically involved with his first investor. Naomi tries to convince Mark to stay in Los Angeles after he receives an offer to be head chef at a restaurant in New York, while Dixon convinces Silver to direct Michaela’s first music video before she gets pregnant.

Naomi meets up-and-coming mogul Jordan Welland, who hires her to plan events for his media empire, while Annie, Adrianna and Silver plan a girls’ night out for Naomi, which ends with disastrous results. Dixon starts to develop feelings for Michaela, and Liam finds out that the Cronus brothers plan to blame Navid for the cheating ring and is forced to befriend them to clear Navid’s name.

Jordan asks Naomi to plan a launch party for the latest hot writer, known as Author X, which forces Annie to admit that she is Author X. Silver worries that Adrianna is not okay that she is dating Mark. Meanwhile, Dixon finds out that Michaela has feelings for Navid.

Liam and Navid, in an effort to get teenage pro-surfer Cassie to be their first sponsored athlete, ask her favorite musician Olly Murs to do a special performance. Naomi travels to New York to make a good impression on Jordan’s mother, Cheryl with disastrous consequences. Annie decides to publicly say her novel is fiction but Dixon persuades her to tell the truth.

Jordan calls in a favor from his mother to help out Mark, but in exchange must end things with Naomi. Annie must deal with the betrayal Liam feels from being in her book and Michaela catches Navid and Adrianna during an intimate moment.