The episode opens up with a voice over from Ji han describing all he went through trying to be accepted by his grandfather. We see him and Do han as little children standing in the living room carrying large photographs of their late parents. His elder half siblings refuse to let Do han sit with them.
Mr Choi, the first husband of Ji han’s mother complains to Grandfather about raising children that are not his. The grandfather subtly accuses him of having selfish intentions, refusing to divorce his daughter while they were separated because he wanted her wealth. While they are talking, Ji han suddenly appears to hug his grandfather from behind seemingly happy to finally know him but grandfather removes his hand and glares at him.
Next scene, we see Ji han waiting for his grandfather to attend his graduation but instead of grandfather, it’s his personal assistant (butler) that appears and apologises on behalf of his grandfather but Ji han knows better and says he was waiting for butler instead. To Ji han, this was his strategy of winning people to his side.
Next scene, we see Ji han as a teen studying hard into the night and been a burden to his tutor. Then we see him singing in front of a crowd. His grandfather watches him, surprised that he got a job working in hiscompany without any connections.
Now in the present, Ji han watches his brother proposing to Ah Jeong thinking to himself that Ah Jeong is his obstacle to getting close to his main goal. Meanwhile, everyone is waiting for Do han to step inside and address them but Do han is still with Ah Jeong, making the situation awkward. The eldest half sibling tries to use this to her advantage and steal the spotlight but Chae Won stops her and addresses the guests herself bringing distraction to the situation. The half siblings talk about how to put an end to the event when the male half sibling informs his sister that he heard Do han’s lover was in the hotel.
Do han gives Ah Jeong his car keys and tells her to leave with it. Ah Jeong is stunned because she didn’t know he even had a car. However, Do han is very serious, promising to explain everything to her when the time is right. Ah Jeong heads to the parking lot, confused about finding Do han’s car when a group of men suddenly appear before her and tell her to follow them, order of Choi Min Woong, director at LJ group(Do han and Ji han’s half brother). But Do han is scared to follow them and refuses. As the men try to approach her, Ji han appears, his face wrapped in a scarf. He runs away with her and they drive off in his brother’s car.
Ah Jeong awakes the next morning in Do han’s room. She goes to the living room and sees Ji han who doesn’t waste time in chewing her out for jumping out of the moving car.
Ah Jeong remebers them In the car, Ji han tells her not to accept his brother’s proposal. However, Ah Jeong is still confused about the whole thing. She tells Ji han to drop her off at the side of the road. Ji han threatens that he will only do so if she refuses his brother’s proposal but to his shock, Ah Jeong jumps out but she hits her head on a pole and faints.
Ah Jeong is angry that he didn’t take her to the hospital but Ji han says they aren’t close for him to do that. Ah Jeong then looks around surprised that the house belonged to Do han causing Ji han to wonder why she has never been here but Ji han says that Do han seems to have kept a lot from her. She makes her own conclusion that Do han is a fraudster and the man who wanted to take her was someone whom he had scammed. Ji han thinks she’s really foolish and clarifies the whole thing, that his brother is a third generation chaeobol, heir to the LJ group and that the man who wanted to ‘kidnap’ her was actually their half brother. Ah Jeong is stunned. Just then, Do han enters wondering why Ah Jeong is there.
Next scene shows grandfather with the half brother Choi Min Woong and his wife in a golf area. He is complaining to Grandfather about making Do han his successor when he is the eldest grandson. Just then, Choi Min Woong’s wife mentions about Do han’s lover coming to the event that day. Grandfather is shocked to hear this.
Do han and Ah Jeong have a conversation in a restaurant. He apologises for hiding who he really was from her and recalls when his previous lover was assaulted in his apartment, how relieved he was that their realtionship hadn’t been exposed back then and how he almost got married to Chae Won five years ago. He wants Ah Jeong to marry him in other to escape his responsibility since she knows about his sexuality but to Ah Jeong, the consequences of lying to his grandfather is too grave. She doesn’t want to be caught in the cross fire and suggests he should be honest about who he is. Ah Jeong tells him he is like a stranger to her and she no longer trusts him. She rejects the proposal and leaves in anger.
At his office, Ji han is frustrated about Ah Jeong. Team leader advises him to relax, likening Ah Jeong to an ant hill Ji han has to crush.
At Ah Jeong’s home, the family is having breakfast when Ah Jeong’s father complains to his son in law who advised him to invest in LJ group. Now, his stock plummeted ever since the new heir who turned out to be illegitimate was selected. Ah Jeong who entered at that moment gets flustered spitting out her drink mistakenly on her brother in law who stares at her contemptiously. Ah Jeong’s mother finds out her husband used their severance pay to invest. She tries to control her anger as he calls her husband to speak with him privately. Ah Jeong’s brother in law goes to clean himself up while Ah Jeong’s sister tells her to prepare herself for their father’s hair implants. But Ah Jeong is the one who would pay for the implants. Ah Jeong tries not to show but upset she is.
Ah Jeong and her friends are eating by the river when Ah Jeong gets a text from Do han, that his offer of marriage still stands. It is then that she announces to her friends that Do han proposed to her. Her friends are surprised since they weren’t dating. They wonder if he’s financially stable. Ah Jeong says he is. Although, she doesn’t go into full details. They tease her but ultimately support her because Do han is good to her. Ah Jeong remembers her time with Do han, working part time with him, him comforting her after a failed acting interview. She acknowledges that Do han is really a good friend to her. She leaves her friends to her part time work because apparently, her father needs hair implants as if that’s a priority.
The scene cuts to Ah Jeong at her acting gig. She is wearing a costume entertaining children. Ji han comes to watch her mistakenly getting hit by a candy which she shares to the children. Ah Jeong spots him and after the event, the two seat down to talk. Ji han comes to bribe her with money to leave his brother. Ah Jeong replies she can’t take money from his company but Ji han says it’s his money, one he got through working his way through the company. He apologises for pushing her too hard and tells her to only think of her happiness while spending the money. Ah Jeong teases him that she may end up choosing her brother but Ji han says to only choose him.
Team leader whose name is Eun Taek visits a coffee shop coincidentally owned by one of Ah Jeong’s friends. He obviously has a crush on her except she doesn’t realise it, treating him as one of her loyal customers. He leaves dissapointed and meets with the butler who has been waiting for him in the car. But he’s still distracted thinking about Ah Jeong’s friend but the butler manages to snap him back to reality. Apparently, the butler has been investigating Do han and Ah Jeong’s relationship on the order of Grandfather but discovered, they don’t often meet up. Team leader Eun Taek and butler are both frustrated with Ji han not having any ambition to grab the throne, only thinking about his brother. They believe their lives would be better if only he has more ambition. The butler recalls that Ji han had been this way ever since his mother died in an accident. Ji han doesn’t believe he deserves the throne because he feels responsible for his mother’s death.
Ah Jeong, her sister and father are at the hospital for hair implants. The procedure costs six millions won and Ah Jeong feels guilty using Ji han’s money to pay as his words about her happiness hits at her conscience. She no longer goes through with it much to her father and sister’s disappointment. She promises her father to get him the best implants next time.
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Ah Jeong then calls Ji han to eat out and they discuss. Ah Jeong thinks it’s weird he is over protective of his brother and wants to give him the best. He doesn’t act like most younger brothers who are competitive with the older ones. Ji han says it’s because he owes Do han his life and would make sure he has the best. Ah Jeong points out that he doesn’t look sincere while saying it. However, she concludes to Ji han that she isn’t marrying Do han. She manages to make Ji han drink alcohol despite his reservation.
Grandfather and butler are stalking Ah Jeong’s home but they are shocked when they see Ah Jeong and Ji han near her house drunk. They mistake their car for a taxi and enter inside. Grandfather silently listens to their drunk mumblings. Ji han cries that his grandfather and his brother doesn’t love him. Ah Jeong drunkenly replies that she would punish the grandfather for not liking someone as good as Ji han. They are a drunken mess and when Ji han points out that Do han wants to leave everything behind for her, she says that Do han wants to marry her because she can talk about his secrets with her. This arouses grandfather’s interest.
The next day, Do han wakes up to find Grandfather, Ji han and Ah Jeong at his home having breakfast. He is perplexed and when he asks Ah Jeong why she’s here, Ah Jeong replies that she is oblivious. Ah Jeong and Ji han have a mind battle with each other, both confused about the previous day.
After breakfast, Grandfather sits them down to discuss. He rejects their marriage and says he would never support it. However, Do han is adamant on marrying Ah Jeong. Grandfather then asks Do han about the secret Ah Jeong was muttering about in her drunken state. To distract him, Ji han pushed Ah Jeong reject Do han leading Grandfather to think her love is fickle.
Ah Jeong’s sister points out that she didn’t return home last night leading her to believe that she may be secretly dating. However, their father is still sulking over his inability to get his hair implants.
Later that day, Do han is visibly upset with Ah Jeong for nearly spilling his secret and not having his back by rejecting him in front of his father. He is disappointed and leaves despite Ah Jeong trying to apologize.
Ji han and Chae Won are sitting by the sea side having a discussion. He asks Chae Won how she married once because she’s a divorcee. Chae Won replies that her ex was very spontaneous. Ji han tells her he is also spontaneous because they are both sitting by the sea side eating mere dumplings. Chae won smiles and agrees with him but then characteristically of him, he adds that his brother is just like him and that Chae Won should still consider marrying him. Chae won simply shrugs. Then Ji han suddenly asks Chae won for a favor.
Ah Jeong celebrates with her friends about getting cast by a famous director to act as the friend of the female lead. Her friends think it’s weird she was specifically selected. However, Ah Jeong is too happy to care.
She and her friends get themselves drunk. When Ah Jeong gets home, her family are dissapointed and her mom nearly beats the hell out of her.
Next scene, Ah Jeong is at the department store preparing for filming. She meets with the director and greets him but he is aloof towards her. She then runs into Ji han and thinks he is stalking her but Ji han defends himself by saying he works in the store. Ji han then searches for her mirror to see her reflection but she can’t find it then she leans close to Ji han and asks him how she looks. Ji han is flustered and Ah Jeong laughs, teasing that she made his heart flutter. Ji han avidly denies but Ah Jeong still teases him then says she would charm everyone on set like she charmed him. She grabs the coffee he was holding in his hand and leaves.
Ji han watches Ah Jeong filming a scene with a smile on his lips. Team leader catches him staring at Ah Jeong but he brushes it off.
The next scene, while coming out of the rest room, Ah Jeong overhears some staff members gossiping about her. They talk about how she got the job through nepotism. The actress she replaced was fired because of her. The director had really liked her plus she worked very hard to get the role. Ah Jeong is devastated to hear this and confronts the staffs herself asking if what they said was true.
Next we see Ji han searching for Ah Jeong only to hear from a staff that she had left the set after suddenly apologising. He’s angry that she’s taking their job lightly. At the bus stop, Ah Jeong feels terrible after recieveing messages from her parents congratulating her for her role. That night, Ah Jeong is walking aimlessly on the road side when Ji han drives towards her, urging her to get in but she ignores him so he parks and meets with her, asking why she left such an opportunity. Ah Jeong punches him on the nose furious that he even asks her that. He had gotten her the gig but her self esteem has been dashed and she feels so worthless. She’s so angry with him that she calls Do han right in front of Ji han and agrees to marry him.
The episode ends