Hyun woo beats up the thugs and the land broker that went after him. He then calls the police on them and they are immediately arrested.
Meanwhile, Eun Sung demands that Hae in come back to work at the company and live with him in the mansion. He even offers to marry her and threatens that he would expose her illness to her family if she doesn’t cooperate after two days. He tells her he would save her not Hyun woo.
Soo Cheol finds them discussing and rages at Eun sung for decieving him and ruining their family. He tries to hit him but Eun Sung evades him causing him to fall and injure himself. Baek hyun’s brother stops him from causing a scene. Soo Cheol asks him about Da hye as he’s worried about her but Eun Sung doesn’t respond.
Eun sung leaves and Hae in instructs the other two not to let anyone else know Eun Sung stopped by but Baek hyun’s brother tells his sister Mi Seon. She even shows him Eun Sung’s photo and she is immediately impressed by his good looks.
That night, Da hye and Eun Sung speak on the phone and she discreetly asks about Soo Cheol but Eun sung lies that he hates her and plans to get back at her. Da hye pretends she understands but she’s inwardly hurt.
Hyun woo returns injured due to his fight. Hae in is so worried that she brings him into her room to get treated. She almost strips him naked in her bid to find his injuries but Hyun woo manages to stop her. He tells her what happened and that he will be fine especially since he used to be a boxer when he was younger. But she tells him to be careful next time. She makes him promise to protect him self.
The two families gather for breakfast the next morning and they all notice Hyun woo and Soo Cheol’s battered state. Hyun woo’s father takes pride in his son for being a champion boxer in his younger days. But the reverse is the case for Soo Cheol whose father immediately denies him. Hae in meets Hyun woo on his way to work to help him apply treatment on his face. He hesitates leaving and decides to spend a few more minutes with her. They talk about how things would have been if they hadn’t ended up together and if they had broken up back then. Hae in believes they wouldn’t be hurt as they are now but Hyun woo says nothing would have changed because he would still have known what she was doing. He sincerely tells her he regrets not asking her how she was doing back then. If he had the chance, he would have asked her.
Meanwhile, Eun Sung tells Seul hee of his intention to marry Hae in which leaves her surprised. Hyun woo arrives at the company only to be slammed with malpractice allegations, a set up levied against him by Eun Sung. He is demoted and Eun Sung personally comes to mock him, hinting that he knows Hae in is living with him but then Hyun woo pretends he isn’t surprised and gets back at him by telling him that his broker partner he cooperated with to dupe the land owners is in police custody. Although he’s acting tough, it’s a matter of time before he bends. Eun Sung acts disinterested and leaves. Soon the news of Hyun woo’s demotion spreads all over the company causing people to gossip.
Seul hee offers to give Grace, Hae in’s former position if she’s able to find the chairman. Fuelled with determination, Grace and her team immediately set to work.
While heading to Seoul after finding out her father is missing, Beom ja runs into Mr Baek’s friend and she returns his mother’s hanky to him, refusing to tell him why she was with it. But the man already knows she had cried and tells her next time when she wants to cry, she should eat meat. Like seriously? Beom ja is in disbelief but quite dazzled by his smile. She leaves thinking that the village is strange.
Meanwhile, Mr Baek and his friends are having a hard time dealing with the loss of the village head election to his rival Park heok sun who has started erasing every evidence of Mr Baek’s government and that leaves him upset.
Soo Cheol is at Hyun woo’s brother’s gym, the only place where there’s an Internet connection when he notices his son playing a certain game. He recognizes it as the game he and Da hyun used to play together. He remembers that Da hye would still have her log in details. After fiercely hugging the child for giving him the idea, he waits until Da hye logs into the game and immediately texts her, telling her how to properly care for Geun woo. But Da hye gets flustered and quickly logs out of the game.
Meanwhile, Hyun woo and Yang ki meet with Grace, making her an offer to join their side against Eun Sung and Seul hee but Grace refuses because she has more to gain the mother and son. However, the two bring evidence of her causing the divorces of those who didn’t go through her matchmaking agency. They threaten to expose her if she doesn’t cooperate. Beom Ja arrives as well and intimidates her by telling her that prison wouldn’t be nice for her.
They all gather at the private investigator’s office to figure out where Chairman Man dae could have been taken to. Grace tries to ease the tension in the room claiming she has always secretly been on their side but the cold glances thrown her way makes her uneasy.
Mi Seon takes Seon hwa to the salon to listen to her friends apology. However, the women get irritated by her high handedness and bluntly tell her she’s broke and might never be able to recover her wealth. Seon hwa gets upset and leaves, entering a coffee shop to cool her nerves but she’s unable to pay for the coffee. Bong ae runs into her while she’s buying drinks for her workers at the farm. She then buys for Seon hwa but in exchange for her help, Bong ae makes her work at her farm where she endures harsh and strict treatment from a foreign worker who is teaching her the ropes. After work, she’s paid pennies by Bong ae (haha. A cool way to revenge)
Secretary Na visits Hae in and asks her if something is really going on between her and Hyun woo. If not, why would he remain in the company and endure embarrassment from Eun sung who demoted him, claiming he committed malpractice. Hae in later confirms this from Eun Sung who admits that he’s ready to destroy Hyun woo and lay all sorts of false accusations against him if she doesn’t come back to him.
Hyun woo returns home and is met by Mi Seon who tells that Eun Sung visited Hae in last night and requested her to come back to him. Hyun woo gets very jealous causing his sister to scoff at how foolish he is because Hae in didn’t react one bit when she told her about his first love. At dinner that night, Seon hwa eats as though she’s been starved. She even ends up falling asleep out of exhaustion surprising her husband Beom jun who knows she suffers from insomnia.
Hyun woo confronts Hae in about moving in with Eun sung and going to work at the company. He finds it hard to hide his jealousy as he tells her he’s concerned for her but Hae coldly tells him not to bother about her, that she would handle the situation herself. She walks away but Hyun woo is left dissatisfied with her response.
The next day, after returning from the farm, Bong ae returns home only to see leaves scattered on the ground leading all the way to Hae In’s room. She follows the leaves in amusement and stops in front of Hae In’s door only to overhear her on the phone speaking to her doctor about her illness. Bong ae is confused and meets Hyun woo, asking if Hae in is sick. With tears in his eyes, Hyun woo reveals the truth, adding that it was the reason he couldn’t go through the divorce. Hae in found out and divorced him. Bong ae immediately feels extreme pain at this discovery and scolds Hyun woo for hurting Hae in.
She cries in private causing her husband to notice but he mistakes her pain as him loosing the election. When Mi Seon arrives, he prevents her from seeing Bong ae saying she needs time to be on her own. That morning, Bong ae prepares a feast which surprises everyone. She especially dotes on Hae in.
Hae in then prepares to leave for Seoul in other to resume work in the company. When Seon Hwa finds out, she accuses her of being selfish, stepping over her family to get to the top. She even suspects that she and Eun Sung planned to ruin the family from the get go so they can have everything for themselves but Hae in, frustrated, doesn’t even try to defend herself. Bong ae drives up to them in her tractor, cutting short their conversation as she offers to drive Hae in to the bus stop.
(Why can’t all mother in laws or ex mother in laws be like her)
Hae in arrives at the company leaving every staff in awe. Hyun woo runs into Secretary Na and learns that Hae in and Eun Sung are holding a press conference to announce their collaboration and impending marriage. Hyun woo can’t believe his ears and rushes over to talk sense to Hae in. He finds her all dressed up standing along side Eun Sung. Hyun woo who tries to dissuade her from going through with the press conference but Hae in simply tells him she will handle her own situation. She and Eun Sung leave for the press conference.
Hyun woo arrives there as well and listens to Eun Sung’s speech where he denies conspiring against the family to take their shares. He lies that the chairman wanted him to take over and to prove his good relationship with the family, has allowed Hae in to return to her position as CEO of queen’s department store. He invites Hae in to speak. She admits that she and Eun Sung are friends. Hyun woo turns away unwilling to hear more but to his shock Hae in announces to the press that she was threatened by Eun sung to come here or he would pin false accusations on her husband and send him to prison. (Note she called Hyun woo her husband not her ex)
Eun Sung is crestfallen as she continues, adding she even has a voice recording to prove she’s saying the truth. She then exposes her sickness, declaring that she wouldn’t be able to take over the store after all since she has a few months left to live. The entire hall falls into an uproar but amidst the chaos, all Hyun woo and Hae in can see are each other.
The episode ends