Closer

Declan and Mensah are childhood friends who built a financial tracking app. They pitch it to M-Tech but the owner Mr. Ogunlana steals the idea and launches it himself. Months later they find Maya at a club where her drink has been spiked. They take her to their apartment to recover. Maya is Mr. Ogunlana's only daughter though the men do not know this. As she heals she and Declan grow close and start a relationship and Mensah teases them. Meanwhile Mr. Ogunlana controls Maya with a strict curfew and constant belittling which pushes her toward nightlife. Declan and Mensah later land an important investor meeting and celebrate. Declan discovers Maya's true identity. He confronts her and says they cannot work because her father betrayed them. Maya demands answers and Declan tells her about the stolen app that nearly destroyed them. Maya confronts her father who denies it at first but then faces her accusation that his actions nearly ruined two young lives. Mensah wants to sue M-Tech but Declan refuses torn between loyalty to his friend and love for Maya. Their friendship breaks as Mensah accuses Declan of letting love cloud his judgment. Maya arrives with an internal memo and offers a settlement of two hundred fifty thousand dollars each and five percent equity in the subsidiary that launched the stolen app. She reveals her father authorized the deal and Mr. Ogunlana embraces Maya and apologizes sincerely. The money brings relief but also guilt. Mensah confesses he was ready to drop the lawsuit and leave justice to God feeling they traded joy for cash. Declan isolates himself and ignores Maya's calls. Maya appears at his door and he breaks up with her in person and she becomes hysterical. Mensah later visits Maya and admits he orchestrated the legal pressure and apologizes for destroying their relationship. Mr. Ogunlana visits Maya and acknowledges his wrongdoing and urges her to forgive Declan whom he observed to be calm and re… [Truncated — review before publishing.]