Seo Jae-won who suffered an unfortunate childhood, becomes an ambitious and driven CEO that chases after success. But when her obsession gets out of hand, she tries to escape from her unhealthy desires but her husband, a designer and college professor, gets swept up in the process.
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Teo tells Yoon-jin that he saw her with Soon-young and that she should stop developing the relationship further. Jae-won finds out that her dad used the insurance proceeds to pay off her late mother’s gambling debt. Teo restores the recording of the night Jae-won was attacked and finds out who the perpetrator is.
Soon-young admits to dating Yoon-jin, and he asks for a divorce. He demands the custody of A-rin, but Jae-won refuses. Jae-won finds out that Yoon-jin has been picking A-rin up from her kindergarten from time to time. Yoon-jin’s portrait unveiling ceremony is held, and Jae-won prepares a special gift for her.
Soon-young recalls the day he got an email that revealed A-rin is not his biological daughter. After Jae-won realizes the reason behind Soon-young’s affair, she apologizes, but he doesn’t accept her apology. Jae-won decides to accept Soon-young’s terms and give up on A-rin.
Jae-won’s father learns from Yoon-jin that Soon-young cheated on Jae-won. Outraged, he demands to know what Soon-young plans to do with Jae-won, and they both decide to keep Jae-won in the dark. Soon-young finds out who A-rin’s biological father is and what happened with Jae-won seven years ago.
Jae-won and her father decide to send A-rin to America for her safety. Jae-won gets released from the mental institute and starts collecting evidence to prove who truly killed Soon-young. Meanwhile, Jae-won gets her hand on the data to prove that Kim Sang-bum manipulated the clinical test.
Jae-won is discharged, and she starts to put her plan into action. She visits Dereve and tells Yoon-jin that she will eventually get to her. Detective Oh Soo-jin looks into Soon-young’s case, and she notices that something is off. Jae-won goes to see Young-ik and tells him to choose the one that he wants to protect, his ministership or his daughter.
Yoon-jin finds Seung-kyu who has been hiding from her. She fails to persuade him to side with her, and she kills him without hesitation. She frames his murder to Tae-ju, and Tae-ju goes off the grid. Meanwhile, Jae-won tries to find people who know about her mother’s past.
Yoon-jin decides to get rid of Nam Tae-ju so he won’t be able to reveal the last card he has on her. However, her plan fails, and Nam Tae-ju appears in court to take the witness stand. Jae-won gets her hand on the video and tells Yoon-jin to come clean. When Yoon-jin refuses, Jae-won decides to use Nam Tae-ju to get her.
Yoon-jin takes A-rin, and everyone looks for them. Jae-won finds A-rin safe at home, and she asks her father to live with them together. A year later, Jae-won works as a freelance designer, and Teo becomes the CEO of Dereve. While doing so, Jae-won confronts her past and the resentment that has been following her to move on.