Kang Ha-Ri, with her bright personality, works part-time at a stationary store and a nail shop. Min Deul-Re was a popular actress, but she isn't so popular these days. Kim Eun-Hyang worked as a secretary prior to the birth of her daughter, but she now focuses on raising her daughter. These three women lose their most loved ones around the same time. Even though they are not related, they rely on each other to get through the tough times.
Episodes
Just as Ha Ri and Jae Il were close to getting home from their beautiful and memorable wedding ceremony, the brakes on the vehicle fail which pulls them over into a fatal accident. Eun Hyang goes mad wild after her daughter is trapped in a house fire. Deul Re on the other hand is chased down by a man who claims to be the only one who can love her, putting her on the edge of a building rooftop. Dal Hee who's in a rush ends up getting t-boned getting her passenger into the ride of his life.
Dal In is Jae Il's father, and Ha Ri introduces herself to her prospected husband's parents. For her, it's an unexpectedly familiar face to see on the other side of the table. She soon finds herself at the unwanted end of an accusation of theft. This isn't the planned parental meeting she had hoped to expect, but it's something she had to do eventually.
Gi Chan chases a hooded person who happens to be trespassing at his indoor garden. What he finds out is that the person is actually Dal Hee. She makes a run for it but eventually lies that she's only there for a few minutes to do things. Speaking of lies, Tae Soo makes another lie on Eun Hyang, saying that he needs to leave for a business trip. She takes on the bait, but she's sure to be displeased when she finds out the truth.
A Reum is trapped in their burning home, and Eun Hyang helplessly waits for firetrucks to arrive. Dal Hee, on the other hand, calls her stepfather to take her to Ruby Cosmetics, but she ends up driving herself into a colossal accident which also ends up slowing down the ambulance where Ha Ri accompanies Jae Il in while they make their way to the hospital.
It's not the easiest welcome from Ha Ri's in-laws. Despite this, she tries to make her way back to them. On the other hand, Dal Hee is surprised by the sudden change in how Se Kyung calls her name. While at it, Ha Se throws a fit in front of Dae In and Sang Mi and now tries to find the hearts of her neighborhood to defend her clearly defeated sister.
Jae Il's parents stand before a kneeling Gi Chan who is asking for forgiveness. Gi Chan's plead to pay off his debt, however, is liquified quite literally. Eun Hyang listens from afar about a new contract being fabricated just meters beyond her control. Other than that, she finds out about her cheating husband. All she can do now is stare at them walk away as her hand bleeds the same blood her heart had once beated for him.
Ha Ri and Eun Hyang end up catching a murder-like scene on the edge of the cliff. They call Deul Re out for the act. After she pushes a man off the cliff, Deul Re hangs on the edge as well, hoping to kill herself and reconnect with her mother. On the other hand, Ha Ri and Eun Hyang are not ready to see her die an unfair death and try to make her consider life again.
Runtime: 1h 5m
Gi Chan goes to the office and disguises himself to get through. He meets up with Se Kyung to speak to her about an important death and his plans to seek revenge. Dal Hee listens to the conversation, which gets her mind spinning. Deul Re and Eun Hyang, on the other hand, find a schedule mind baffling, and they're left in disbelief after the investigators confront them.
They're hiring new people in Ruby Cosmetics, and there are tons of people in the crowd waiting for their chance to apply. Ha Ri and Dal Hee meet during Ha Ri's interview, and they see each other as familiar faces. Though Ha Ri's heel breaks loose, she gets up and gets ready to take any question or hurdle thrown at her. On the other hand, Dal Hee stands firm on being bossy with an invisible brick wall planted right in front of her.
Se Kyung and Eun Hyang meet face to face after Se Kyung receives her resume. Se Kyung worries that Eun Hyang would be negligent of her child, but Eun Hyang makes her understand that her daughter is far away from her now. Eun Hyang now works for Se Kyung as her child's counselor. She pats herself on the back to keep it together.
Ha Ri meets the witness of the accident that happened in the tunnel a long time ago. Se Kyung and Tae Soo are photographed, and the pictures have been sent over to an unexpected recipient. Gi Chan seems disappointed after his encounter with the elders, and he's also sent out of their home. Eun Hyang gets much closer to Yong Ha, a bit more than she expects.
Runtime: 1h 12m
Geum Man, the accident witness, meets up with Dal Hee in her car. The question he has for her definitely brings her to shock, especially that it's about the fact that he recognizes her from the accident that killed many a year ago. Eun Hyang is grateful to Deul Re for being there for her. Deul Re insists, however, that her actions are just because she misses her long late mother.
Dal Hee runs into Gi Chan at the trade expo, and he is at a loss for words to describe how inhumane she is. He accuses her of stealing his chamomile while she wonders why he looks for her after the breakup. Dal Hee soon ends up signing another contract, but the property is already intended to be sold to Gi Chan. She's in dismay, and she's out to find out why.
Runtime: 1h 7m
Eun Hyang hides behind the curtains, so she isn't seen. She, however, feels horrible to see the same man prepare so lovingly a couple of glasses of wine for his student's mother. Se Kyung finds out that the Bulgarian Rose Field property that she recently acquired turns out to be nothing but a second-rate dump of a landfill site. She now urges her people to stop the press from broadcasting it before the news reaches the chairman.
Runtime: 1h 10m
Rumors start to spread that the son of the chairman works at Ruby Cosmetics after CCTV footage is found. Dal Hee eventually finds out about this through the HR Manager. Eun Hyang gets a bit too close to getting into an encounter with Tae Soo while trying to tame a crying Yong Ha. Luckily, Hwan Seung gets his attention quick enough for him not to see her there.
Runtime: 1h 11m
Eun Hyang is really set to take her revenge on Tae Soo after all he's done behind her back for the past year. Now that she's an untouchable asset of Chairman Geum, he's quite displeased, and Tae Soo wants to detach himself from the investment tie-ups with the company. This, however, will be a big loss on his end of the equation if ever he pushes through with his plan.
Runtime: 1h 6m
Dal Hee sabotages Ha Ri's perfume presentation, with a poisonous substance implanted into the supposedly flawless concoction. Though she thinks Ha Ri is the only victim who would prevail, someone else is equally harmed by the evil plan. Eun Hyang finally gets her chance to spill some cold water into Tae Soo to wake him up to the reality that his cheating led to the death of their dear daughter A Reum--or so she thinks she did.
Dal Hee is cornered after people find out that she could've been the one who sabotaged Ha Ri's perfume fragrance with the toxic chemical. Although Dal Hee's subordinates still side with her, another office worker witness rises to defend Dal Hee's claim. Everyone is led towards Ha Ri's side, just until Dal Hee puts out another compelling piece of evidence that covers up her lies again.
Eun Hyang finds herself on the edge of the building. She has to escape before she's found by Se Kyung, so she ends up jumping off. She injured herself in the process, getting stabbed on her abdomen by a metal rod. Se Kyung doesn't seem to recognize Eun Hyang, but she's definitely sure that the woman felt like a person she knew well. Hwan Seung tries to contact Eun Hyang, but her phone had been switched off.
A DNA test between Pil Mo and Gi Chan is made after Gye Hwa gets a gut feeling about it. She asks Goon Ja to keep it a secret. Pil Mo proposes to Deul Re but doesn't want her to answer him right away. Now, she has to make a wise decision. On the other hand, with all the turns of recent events, Eun Hyang ends up confessing her feelings towards Hwan Seung, and she gets an unexpected reply.
Runtime: 1h 6m
Gye Hwa finds out that Gi Chan actually is her grandson through the DNA test that she processes. However, she's not ready to let anyone else know about it. She still denies her blood relation to him when talking to Goon Ja. While at it, she also makes the rest of the family think that Goon Ja had developed dementia, making her a not-so-credible source of information.
Hwan Seung approaches Eun Hyang to clarify his intentions towards her. At first, she doesn't buy his act and calls him a cowardly fool who lies to her and his own self. Eventually, he still gets to creep his way into her for a midnight kiss under the moonlight. Meanwhile, Deul Re waits for her at home, and doesn't approve of the relationship she's about to get into.
Deul Re says yes. She says yes to the proposal made by Pil Mo, which is accompanied and topped off with a glass shoe, and beautiful flowers. On the other hand, Goon Ja is sedated for now and sent to the hospital after escaping home running away from the guards. She makes a phone call after waking up and asks Gi Chan to come home already. Ha Se gets emotional over her father and boyfriend.
All hell breaks out in Pil Soon and Pil Mo's mother's funeral after Deul Re makes a phone call, and someone tries to be chief mourner. An ectopic pregnancy makes Se Kyung collapse from the pain. She runs out of options on who to call, and she's beaten up by so much pain, so she asks for help from Eun Hyang. The catch is that Eun Hyang can't reveal any of it to her husband, Hwan Seung.
Dal Hee tells Se Kyung about the love she feels towards Se Joon. On the other hand, Se Kyung laughs it off and has no intention of accepting and supporting their marriage. Se Kyung also makes Dal Hee know that she can never enter their family as an in-law or even as an orphan. Pil Mo, Ha Ri, and Eun Hyang meet the eye to eye and are shocked to see each other. Deul Re finds out that her date happens to be the chairman of the Gongryeong Group.
Dal Hee abducts Hong Shi and sends her off to a truck driver. She asks him not to make any mistakes. Hong Shi, however, wakes up and begs Dal Hee to take her back from the strange-looking man. Ha Ri also reveals that Hong Shi is, in fact, the daughter of the taxi driver. The whole family is in shock, while Dal Hee continues to create havoc in the situation.
Hwan Seung urges Se Kyung for divorce and hands over the paperwork on her desk. On the other hand, Se Kyung doesn't come into an agreement due to the terms she doesn't like in the document. She finds him cruel either way. Gi Chan meanwhile finds out that Hong Shi is related to Dal Hee. He's baffled by the idea of them being sisters. The lies and mysteries behind why are yet to be revealed to him.
Runtime: 1h 5m
Pil Soon comes to the conclusion that the medication that Goon Ja had been taking is apparently toxic. Unfortunately, she's got no proof of it, so she can't say a word about it. She now acts submissively for now towards Gye Hwa, who also has her own share of tea on other matters. Dal Hee threatens the rest legally because her demands about Hong Shi aren't dealt with properly.
Gi Chan is invited to the chairman's home. Deul Re, on the other hand, has her gut feel that Gye Hwa is onto her beloved Chairman Goo. Gye Hwa now sheds her tears for Ms. Sa's funeral, but not everyone seems to be buying her act. For now, Deul Re wants to stand by the chairman's side, to keep him safe from Gye Hwa's alleged wrath that could potentially destroy the whole family.
Se Kyung finally finds out the reason why Eun Hyang's marriage had fallen in shambles. A picture of A Reum is shown to her, which brings more clarity to her misunderstanding. Eun Hyang sends Se Kyung a text message about Hwan Seung, and Se Kyung is still baffled by the reality she hadn't thought would be true. She, in turn, hates on Eun Hyang indefinitely.
Se Joon finds out that his mother was the woman who killed the only person he loved so dearly, his grandmother. In her defense, Gye Hwa claims that all she had done was for the betterment of her son and the fact that she wants to protect him. For now, Se Joon drives furiously for his grandmother. Eun Hyang is ready to pour the flames onto her ex-husband while haunting him with a video of A Reum.
Se Joon sees a photo that scares him deeply while on a phone call. He now asks his mother, Gye Hwa, who exactly Se Hoo is after realizing that another one of Gye Hwa's lies has victimized him. Dal Hee continues to believe that her heart will still fall in between the arms of Se Joon amidst all this drama. Gi Chan gets his dose of throwbacks which makes him wonder what more memories lie beneath Chairman Goo's property.
Runtime: 1h 8m
Ha Ri and Gi Chan are stuck in a trap. Fortunate enough, Se Joon ends up saving them from it. Other than that, Se Joon also accepts Dal Hee's hand in marriage. It is not that easy for him, though. Even if he had agreed to marry Dal Hee, his eyes and his heart still flutters and pounds deeply for Ha Ri. This gets him into a tough cookie that is sure to haunt him further down the line.
Deul Re mistakenly gets hit by the assailant who wants to get the chairman hurt. She doesn't wake up anytime soon, which scares Chairman Goo. All she wanted was to protect the man who also had protected her all this time. Perhaps it's a little bit more than just that. Meanwhile, Se Joon and Dal Hee get prepped for their supposedly spectacular wedding.
Se Jung still doesn't have Dal Hee in his heart, even if their wedding is all that's in his mind. It's a tougher cookie for him to swallow now that Vicky Jung enters the picture and catches on to his true feelings. It isn't easy for Dal Hee after Vicky Jung grabs her by the neck after realizing that she's quite the impostor. This could be the downfall of Dal Hee unless she's got more beneath her thick face of lies.
Deul Re knows the stalker and the woman behind him. She decides to visit him at the body shop he works in. Gye Hwa continues to come up with newer plans as her old ones fail to succeed. This time around, her main goal is getting Pil Mo far away from Deul Re. While at it, she ends up arguing further with her son and puppet Se Joon.
Chairman Goo finds out what Gye Hwa had been up too which frustrates him, considering it all happened right under his nose. He soon kicks her out of the house. On the other hand, Se Joon finds out that Sera Park is not the Sera Park he thought she was. That's after Vicky Jung spills the beans on him and makes him realize that Dal Hee is a fake. The real Sera Park actually stays still in a hospital under confinement. Now, it's a mystery whether or not he'd confront the fake.
Runtime: 1h 8m
Dal Hee's cover almost gets blown in front of the chairman after Hong Shi opens her mouth. That's just until the fake-faced Sera Jung facade of Dal Hee shuts the child up. Their long conversation in the powder room gets Gye Hwa suspicious. Gye Hwa, on the other hand, begs Chairman Goo for forgiveness, and she gets on her knees while doing so. Tae Soo is close to his limits, and he's soon to drown in the flames that he once started that killed her one and only daughter.
Runtime: 1h 4m
Just as Eun Hyang is set to taking herself away from this world, she receives a heartbreaking phone call from Yong Ha asking for help. Se Kyung wakes up intoxicated and drunk, and she now faces a battle to save herself and her son from the flames that swarm her home. Poor Yong Ha is scared and confused. Eun Hyang now fulfills her duty as a mother towards A Reum by being the saving grace for Yong Ha.
Gi Chan meets Chairman Goo to spill the tea. He's got information that would bring clarity to Se Joon and Se Hoo's existence. Dal Hee is nervous that whatever he says can put her in trouble, so she watches from far behind. Se Kyung looks for more proof, and she insists that all these statements are lies. It's now a rivalry of siblings to conceal the truth and to inherit the company.
Runtime: 37m
Dal Hee is caught in the act, and she's screwed. Her cover is close to getting blown after she gets caught trying to switch strands of hair. Dal Hee, however, is now suspicious to the head of the family after that incident. Gi Chan gets hit on his head quite hard, which makes him bleed too much blood. He comes over to Chairman Goo's house even in such condition. Se Kyung is also frustrated at the risk that Dal Hee had just caused.
Ha Ri has a recording of the stalker, which serves as good evidence against him. She tells this to Dae In after asking about it during her recent visit with Hong Shi. Hong Shi is glad to be home for now. Gye Hwa overhears, and she is furious that a bunch of old-fashioned pricks had just tricked her. Dal Hee wakes up from more nightmares, most likely a product of all the wrong, dirty things she's done so far.
Se Joon finds out that his grandmother is, in fact, alive. Though he's in disbelief, there's still a sense of relief on his end that there's still hope. Ik Hyun leaves with Se Joon the details on how he had stopped his grandmother's heart to switch her coffin right before she's cremated, and a calling card for him to contact him when he finally believes him.
An oriental medicine specialist comes over to the chairman's household. As an expert, he checks Dal Hee's pulse and claims that she's not a pregnant woman. The chairman is furious over the news. He now makes an inevitable choice to go to the hospital with the whole family to visit a gynecologist. Dal Hee, on the other hand, has another plan up her sleeve.
Runtime: 29m
Se Joon finally gets his chance to see his grandmother who is in fact still alive. He bursts in tears after this opportunity had been given to him. Dal Hee on the other hand gets trapped in an elevator lift. She's scared, and no one is responding to her call for help. That's until she hears the voice Vicky Jung calling her daughter. She now asks Dal Hee if she's disappointed that she came out alive.
Runtime: 37m
Tae Soo thinks the police are arresting him for stealing twenty dollars. He finds out in the police station that he's accused of arson by the victim's father. On the other hand, Se Kyung finds out that she's got a breast tumor that could possibly be cancerous. With the chance above 90 percent, the doctor advises her to stay, but she's already late to the Ruby Cosmetics testing.
Gi Chan finds out that someone important is looking out for him. He decides to meet up with Sera Park. First, he checks out Goon Ja, who is still in isolated confinement. Unfortunately, the flower's poison had spread all over her body, which had led to her unconsciousness since she had left the hospital. While Gi Chan and Se Joon are fighting, their grandmother gets into a cardiac arrest.
Dal Hee gets on the nerves of Se Joon after she slaps Ha Ri. Gye Hwa, on the other hand, has another plan up her sleeve, and she takes advantage of the high tide. Hong Shi is now in trouble after her game of hiding and seek, with people looking for her who happen to not be invited to the game. Deul Re is in danger as she gets into the water, and the chairman quite far away from them.
Hong Shi admits that her sister Dal Hee is the woman behind Sera Jung. She also reveals the threats that were held against her and her family. Dal Hee still keeps her act up and pretends that nothing is happening, even if more and more people have realized the woman behind the facade she keeps up. Her evil deeds are sure to get her drawing someday, and today could possibly be just that.
Runtime: 35m
Dal Hee steals a little bit more before leaving the Gongryeong group. That's what she does after working her way out of an apology. Se Kyung, who has about 3 months of life left without medical intervention, now feels the wrath of cancer. Whether it's a punishment for ruining another person's life, or an unfortunate coincidence, she's set to go through it all. Just as she thought she could escape with the stolen items, Dal Hee faces Se Kyung at the company lobby.
Runtime: 37m
Dal Hee kidnaps Hong Shi after, and many people witnessed her act. She's clearly desperate at this point, really hitting hard where it hurts the most. Meanwhile, Se Kyung reveals her terminal illness to Eun Hyang. Eun Hyang watches her in pitiful eyes, but then again, she denies that she even feels anything towards the punishment the gods had given her for the wrongdoings she's done on earth. Se Kyung wants to leave her son Yong Ha with Eun Hyang.
Gi Chan tries to make a way to save Hong Shi. He works alongside Dae In on this agenda. Eun Hyang meets Se Kyung at work and asks her to take responsibility for all the things she had said to her. She also requests that she would stop harassing her. Se Kyung, for now, is emotionally tortured by the presence of her one and only son. He asks if she could watch him get his blackbelt one day, but all she could do is stop herself from breaking down, knowing that death shall part them soon.
Dal Hee now lives with Hong Shi. She makes the decision to find the CCTV black box footage. Deul Re and Gye Hwa face each other off on the edge of a building rooftop. Just as death gets close to Gye Hwa, her luck comes in handy this evening as Eun Hyang and Pil Soon arrive at the scene. Se Kyung orders an investigation of the accident that happened.
Runtime: 34m
Dal Hee wants Tae Soo to get rid of Se Kyung. She has an expensive ring in exchange for the services that she wants to get out of the arson expert Tae Soo. Eun Hyang reveals the cancer of Se Kyung to Hwan Seung. Although it was initially a secret, she soon lets Se Kyung know about it. On the other hand, Se Kyung had just quit her job to spend the last few days of life as herself finally.
The house movers help Hong Shi get the smart card that should never reach the palms of Dal Hee. Dal Hee, Deul Re, Eun Hyang, and Se Kyung get ahold of the taxi driver who allegedly caused the accident from years ago. Then again, Dal Hee strikes with another interference with the truth making more lies deepen her throne in hell. Frustrations get ahead of the family again.
Hong Shi tells her older sister Dal Hee that the smart card had been thrown away. Although Dal Hee initially really panics because she had lost the main source of blackmail towards her enemies, she calms down, eventually thinking that nobody else can get a hold of it. Ha Ri goes on a date with Se Joon to get Dal Hee injured.
Se Kyung gets a beating from her father after she gives off an attitude towards the woman he fell in love with. She justifies her actions with reasons that cut deep through her father's heart. She soon reveals that Se Hoo is still alive and well. He's shocked by the word, but he still stands firmly against her attitude. She also brings up that the woman her father fell in love with is the person who also broke his heart 23 years ago.
Hong Shi decides to keep the smart card inside the picture frame of Ha Ri's wedding photo. She also declares that she'd never let Dal Hee see the contents of that no matter what. A precious innocent girl like Hong Shi knows that the truth soon shall prevail. Dal Hee wakes up to blurry eyesight after dreaming of the eye operation she could've actually undergone through Vicky Jung's orders.
Runtime: 32m
Gye Hwa wakes up inside a coffin, and the photo of Goon Ja is memorialized right above her head. She calls all the people watching over her as lunatics, and the chairman arrives fashionably late on his wheelchair to greet her awakening. More lies will be revealed during the memorial service of Goon Ja, as Deul Re speaks up at last.
Dal Hee's newest target is Tae Soo, with who she threatens to get in a car. When Tae Soo finds out that he's in a car with tampered breaks, his life flashes before his eyes, he ends up giving her information about the slush fund that Se Kyung once made, which was used to money launder in Hong Kong. With that information, Dal Hee thinks she can bring home the gold by taking Se Kyung down.
Se Joon reveals that Gi Chan is Se Hoo. What happens next makes the chairman worry. Deul Re now gets a grip on Gye Hwa for what she's done and for showing up at the hospital. From now on, Se Joon calls his mother by Ms. Lee. They break the blood relationship between them. A DNA test reveals up and solves another mystery. This time, Mr. Oh is involved.
Ha Ri visits Se Joon in the hospital. Se Joon reveals how much he really feels for her. Before she gets to turn him down, he asks her once more to think about it for a very long time. Gi Chan on the other side of his room's door listens and wants Ha Ri to fall for a better and wiser Se Joon who brings brightness to her life. Mr. Oh gets the truth, and he's left in awe.
Pil Mo finds out that Se Kyung has breast cancer which bothers him and makes him realize what he once had shall also be soon taken away from him. He regrets all he's been to her in the past, taking each uttered word and raised hand on her in pain. Se Kyung, however, doesn't want him to take any pity on her. She stands firm that he has nothing to worry about, and she will leave quietly.
Se Kyung decides to apologize to Eun Hyang for all she's done to her, from stealing her husband down to the death of her daughter. She says that one only matures when he or she knows when she dies, and she now does her best as her days left on earth come to an end. The two bond even more and try to get closer as their time together runs out. It's a journey they never expected they'd start together, and they're now surprised to end it with each other.
The chairman admits that he is the man behind the company's failure. However, news that grandmother is still alive shocks him to his core. This is revealed through a voice recording on Se Hoo's phone. The doorbell rings, and to everyone's surprise, Chairman Geum comes over to bring the news to them. Along with the news, he brings over a drawing, which the family needs to decipher by themselves. She isn't coming back until everything is back in place.
It seems like the company can't be sold. That's what Se Kyung has to say to her father. With Ares Corporation having terms that seem to be unreachable for the Gorgryeong Group, they're set to reach bankruptcy anytime soon. Dal Hee listens in to their conversation and gets herself rolling hup her sleeves for another plot against the family. It's still a surprise why the evil mastermind hasn't been imprisoned just yet.
Just as Dal Hee makes her exit to leave for Vienna with all the shares she just sold from the Gorgryeong Group, she's intercepted by Vicky Jung and her men. Not only is she abducted, but every bill is also thrown up in the sky to be blown by the wind in the pier. Back at the inauguration, Goon Ja makes an appearance that takes everyone by surprise, while Gye Hwa makes a scene for being swindled into a fake CEO position.
Gye Hwa shows no signs of improvement after being placed into a psychological ward. She constantly thinks of Goon Ja, and the nurses think that she was a maid in her life outside the hospital. Gi Chan is idolized by the youth now that he's the CEO of the company who came out as an image of honesty and integrity. He continues to be in love with Ha Ri, and they enjoy each other's company.
