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We all have our dark sides.

Unfortunately, humans can't be trusted.

And there are people you should never hold hands with.

But that day, I held hands with someone I never should have.

Then I'll bring you down with me.

I'll have no choice but to tell everyone...

that you made me stay in this wheelchair...

so you could use me for marketing.

So don't cause a mess of things.

I always knew you were sly,

but I didn't know you could be so vulgar.

Let's stop bothering each other...

and do things that could get both of us in trouble.

Life is a show anyway.

It's time for me to go up on stage and put on a show.

Ji Eun, make sure you come out with a smile on your face.

- Is this your scarf? - Yes, thank you.

Director Choi, I have something to tell you.

It's regarding the event.

Go ahead. I'll be in my seat.

Okay, I'll see you later.

We can't let Mi Ran go up on stage.

We already settled the issue. Must we go through it again?

I clearly told you that we need her to gather attention...

for the upcoming photo exhibition at our gallery.

If we let her go up on stage, it'll be an act of fraud.

What do you mean?

Mi Ran was getting changed in the fitting room.

And I just saw her...

stand up on her feet.

That's absurd.

I saw it with my own two eyes, and now that I have,

I can't let her go up on stage.

She can't do a runway in her wheelchair...

when she can actually walk.

We'd be deceiving the entire world.

And it'll cause us more trouble than just criticism.

Seorin Group is the host of the event,

and the aftermath will be severe.

I'll announce that the special stage has been canceled.

Wait.

Let's just allow Mi Ran to go up on stage.

I know it sounds absurd.

But I believe we can both be of help to each other.

However, you must help me first.

I made a big mistake.

I recently bought a very expensive painting,

and it turned out to be fake.

The phoenix flower painting that's in my office.

I need to buy the real one before the chairman finds out.

And in order to do that, the photo exhibition...

must go as planned.

A rich Chinese decided to buy the publication rights,

and we already signed the contract.

Wouldn't it be better for the photo exhibition...

to show that Mi Ran is miraculously able to walk again?

Yes, of course.

But we must exhibit photos of Mi Ran in a wheelchair.

The daughter of the rich Chinese buyer...

is also bound to a wheelchair.

And apparently, her daughter thinks Mi Ran is her hero...

because she's also wheelchair-bound.

That's what got her to buy the publication rights.

So Mi Ran needs to stay in her wheelchair...

until the photo exhibition is over.

The Chinese woman over there...

brought her daughter here all the way from Shanghai...

so they could see Mi Ran appear on the runway.

If this deal goes down the drain, it'll cause me a lot of trouble.

If people find out we took part in helping her lie,

they'll become greatly disappointed.

I can't turn a blind eye to this...

when I know how much it will harm the company.

You're so coldhearted.

I'm standing on the edge of a cliff here.

It's not about trying to avoid...

getting scolded by the chairman regarding the fake painting.

It'll put me at risk in that family.

As you know, I'm not the chairman's legal wife,

although it may seem like it.

But I don't have a child of my own either.

I have no one to rely on in that family.

So that will put me in a difficult situation.

I've never pleaded like this to anyone.

The worst kind of situation is when money is involved.

And that's exactly what I'm going through right now.

Once you confess something, you can no longer defend yourself.

And right now, I'm telling you everything.

I won't let you take the blame.

You just need to keep quiet...

and not tell anyone that you saw Mi Ran walk.

And that's solely up to you.

First, I'll tell Mi Ran to stay in her wheelchair...

not just for this event...

but also for the photo exhibition.

I'll ask her to go public about her condition...

once the photo exhibition is over.

Then everything will be fine.

What in the world is she thinking? Why is she still in a wheelchair?

I just don't get it.

I guess it's to keep Mr. Jang by her side.

I trust that you'll help me.

I should go and meet Mi Ran.

(Chairman Seo Mun Su)

I heard you asked for me, sir.

How could you let this happen?

Why did you let Mi Ran go up on stage...

even though you knew she could walk?

You must be out of your mind.

How could you put my company at risk like this?

Was it so hard to predict what that would result in?

I'm sorry, sir.

Move.

If you go in there now, the chairman will only get angrier.

You should wait until he lets us in.

He's going to get angry either way,

so there's no point in waiting.

Don't tell me...

you just threw this at her.

Even if I did something worse,

she'd still have nothing to say.

You raise your voice so easily at me,

but you can't say a word to her.

Se Hoon, you also knew...

that your fiancee, Yoon Mi Ran,

could walk again. There's no way you couldn't have known.

You don't even have control over your own woman.

I can't believe I was foolish enough...

to pay you that much to bring you in as our CEO.

Were you in this together?

Who gave you this video?

A reporter sent it to me.

He called and asked...

if we let Mi Ran go up on stage in a wheelchair...

even though she could walk...

so we could use it for marketing.

I'm sure Mi Ran did it for her own advantage.

Ji Eun would never do something like that.

You're a useless punk who can't even judge properly...

because you're too crazy for her.

Please don't insult me like that.

Director Seo, it's my fault.

The chairman has every right to be angry at me.

You didn't let Mi Ran go up on stage...

even though you knew she could walk, did you?

I wanted the VIP styling class to gather a lot of attention,

and I guess my greed got the best of me.

Why did you do that? You always follow the rules.

Director Choi suddenly asked me...

to put Yoon Mi Ran on stage.

Sir.

The special stage for the VIP styling class...

wasn't planned beforehand.

I should've stuck to the original schedule,

but I thought it might help us gather more attention.

I was too thoughtless.

I paid the reporter...

to stop him from writing an article,

but we need to find the informant to deal with this.

Pressure the reporter to find the informant...

and retrieve the original video file.

Without any evidence, it'll just be rumors.

So find the informant to keep the person's mouth shut.

Where is Mi Ran?

She's at the hospital. She's not feeling well.

Drag her out of there...

and have her hold a press conference.

In order to keep this under control, she must tell people...

that she started walking after the styling class event.

If this causes any kind of damage to the company,

your lives will be done for.

This is a crisis.

We don't have time. Get moving already.

I want you to stay.

When we ran into each other at the event,

you clearly told me...

that Director Choi asked you...

to suddenly put Mi Ran up on stage.

Do you even know how serious this is?

If you take the blame for what happened,

you'll get fired from the team.

Chung Group won't help you either.

I know.

Are you trying to take the blame...

so you can protect Seo Jung Min?

Because Director Choi is his stepmother?

This is very touching.

Why are you being sarcastic?

I'm just worried about you.

You always risk everything for love,

and that worries me.

Yes. That's who I am.

When I fall in love, I become too careless about myself.

So when we got a divorce,

I used to hate you and blame you for everything.

"Why couldn't he do as I asked?"

"I know my parents were asking for too much,"

"but couldn't he have endured it?"

"Why couldn't he humor my parents and be good to them..."

"even if they weren't so good to him?"

That's what went through my mind.

You may have told me you loved me,

but you were always obsessed about what was right and wrong.

And you never once lost a fight.

I promised to endure it, so I will.

I promised Jung Min that I'll endure everything,

so I'll endure it until the end.

Do you really think he'd be able to beat his father?

That's not what I want him to do.

I love him now.

I love him a lot.

So...

I'll stay by his side and overcome this with him.

Are you saying all that to me on purpose?

Maybe.

So from now on,

get rid of all the feelings you have for me.

I'm Jung Min's woman now.

Whether I get fired from the joint project team...

or Chung Group itself...

is my business, not yours.

And leave the worrying to him.

Judging by the circumstances, I was right.

What circumstances?

Isn't it obvious?

Can't you see the ambition that Ji Eun is hiding inside her?

She's the type who ignores rules and does everything she wants...

in order to achieve her goal.

That doesn't sound convincing coming from you.

Stop reacting so negatively...

and listen to what I have to say.

Do you think Ji Eun likes you with an innocent mind?

Do you think she'd put up with...

all that humiliation even if you weren't my son?

Ji Eun...

wants to marry you because of this company.

It's not that this situation is suspicious.

You're just suspicious of her because that's who you are.

Dad.

She's a woman who's kind at heart.

She always does things with good intentions.

Don't overanalyze her mistake.

Just think she got too enthusiastic.

She's just like her father.

Her father was determined to become successful,

so he kept hitting on Ji Eun's mother.

You'll have to give in anyway, so why not just do it with a smile?

I'm never going to give up on her...

no matter how much you disapprove.

You make me so furious.

I want you to go on a business trip to Hong Kong.

Go there to secure our current capital...

and bring me a deposit certificate.

The best alibi is power.

Are you going to fire Ji Eun while I'm gone?

Why would I do that? I have nothing to fear.

Stop being her bodyguard...

and just do your job properly.

I'm trying hard to become the son you want me to be.

So you should do the same for me.

I'm your only option.

If you do, you can cancel our deal right now.

You give me a headache. Get out.

I bet you were really disappointed...

when you found out I broke the rules for my own good.

I suddenly thought to myself...

that maybe you were too pressured...

to show good results as the brand manager...

so that you could prove yourself to my father.

Otherwise,

an upright person like you would never do something like that.

I'm not as upright and kind...

as you think I am.

I may love you,

but there are sides that I don't want to show.

And there are things I don't want you to catch me doing.

What could that be?

The sound of my snoring.

The sound of my farting.

And how mean I can be to someone who spam calls me...

when I'm having a really bad day.

And what else?

There are a lot.

So I'm not as upright as you think I am.

I can also be pretty mean.

Humans are all pretty much similar.

We can't be perfect.

But we can still do our best.

What's done is done, and we can take care of it.

So let's cheer up.

By the way,

I really can't believe how it happened.

Us two and Mr. Jang were the only ones...

who knew that Mi Ran can walk.

Who do you think tipped off the reporter?

I'm starting to think...

that Mi Ran might've...

planned all this.

No way.

Then the entire country will call her a liar.

I'm sure she's not reckless enough...

to expose her own weakness.

You never know what people can do once they lose their minds.

And she's totally crazy about Mr. Jang.

If anything bad happens to Seorin,

Mr. Jang will have to take responsibility as the CEO.

And it looked like they were going to break up that day.

Then she could've done this to get back at Mr. Jang.

I'm just saying...

she's the first person that comes to mind...

when I think about who it could've been.

But then again.

The first person to get suspected...

in detective stories and mystery movies...

always turns out to be innocent.

And a competent detective...

slowly gathers evidence...

and questions all the suspects...

before he starts investigating.

We also knew that Mi Ran...

could walk.

So does that make us suspects as well?

Are you doubting me, Ji Eun?

No way.

Why would you do anything to put your company in danger?

There's evidence for every crime,

and every question has an answer.

So I'm sure we'll soon find out who the informant was.

Our company's information department is trying hard to find out,

and my father would've asked his secretary to look into it.

So we'll soon be able to find out...

whom it was that informed the reporter...

and why that person is trying to damage our company.

Goodness, we should get going.

I need to go on a business trip to Hong Kong.

It's the chairman's orders.

When will you be back?

Tomorrow afternoon.

I know you're in a pickle,

and I'm sorry I can't be here for you.

You should go and do your job.

We're both employees at Seorin.

It's true that you made a mistake,

but you know that I'm always on your side, right?

I'll always be on your side.

So don't get intimidated, okay?

If the chairman summons you again while I'm gone,

you'd better keep a record.

I'll confront him about everything once I come back.

Your position in the TF team will stay strong, so don't worry.

There's always a solution.

It's time I ask you to trust me once again.

(Seorin)

(Chairman Seo Mun Su)

Let's just allow Mi Ran to go up on stage.

But we must exhibit photos of Mi Ran in a wheelchair.

The daughter of the rich Chinese buyer...

is also bound to a wheelchair.

And apparently, his daughter thinks Mi Ran is her hero...

because she's also wheelchair-bound.

There were no Chinese guests on the VIP list.

The Chinese mother and daughter...

were secretly hired by your wife.

My blood is boiling right now.

I know I'm trying to protect her,

but when I lied down next to her to sleep last night,

I got goosebumps and couldn't sleep a wink.

If her plan isn't to steal my money,

then why else would she want to damage my business?

It must be because she has a grudge against me, right?

If you take a look,

you'll find out what your wife is after.

Yes, Director Choi.

We haven't had much progress.

The chairman stopped the article from being published...

by giving money to the reporter.

But every second feels like a ticking bomb, and I'm nervous.

Especially because we can't let the employees find out either.

We already have some guys...

looking into whom tipped off the reporter.

And I sent Mi Ran the script...

for tomorrow's press conference.

She texted back saying she'll do it,

but I'm still quite nervous.

Don't worry. Everything will be fine.

I visited her earlier today...

and helped her practice the speech.

Mi Ran needs people to know that she can walk...

in order to make it seem like she experienced a miracle.

And that will bring her into the spotlight...

and help her make a comeback as a model.

It won't end there.

It'll be sensational,

and she'll have her second prime days.

It's all thanks to you, Ji Eun.

The photo exhibition went well,

so I won't have to be so nervous about the fake painting for long.

But Director Choi, there's something strange.

The reporter who threatened Chairman Seo...

wasn't even on the list of guests.

And no one overheard our conversation.

So how did anyone find out that Mi Ran could walk again?

Here's what I think.

If that reporter really wanted to publish an article about it,

he wouldn't have called the chairman.

What matters is that he wanted to get paid.

And I don't think anything will happen...

until Mi Ran finally announces that she can walk tomorrow.

Do you know which newspaper company the reporter works for?

Where did you get this video?

I got an email from an anonymous person on Christmas.

When I clicked on the email,

I saw videos of Mi Ran walking.

Who could it be?

Why did that person send it to you?

I'm not sure.

But I suddenly thought to myself...

that maybe someone sent it to me on Christmas...

to tell me that I don't need to be scared.

It also felt like...

that person was reprimanding me for not stopping Mi Ran...

from going up on stage.

As you already know, I used to be a helper.

And getting hired here for the joint project...

was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me.

And in the end,

I compromised because I didn't want to lose that opportunity.

And that's how you got involved in Yoon Mi Ran's mess?

Anyway, it was a great idea for you to use Chairman Seo.

He's the only person...

who will do absolutely everything...

to save his company from a crisis.

But he'll surely try his best...

to find out who was behind this.

My getting fired is the worst thing that could happen.

I know there's no way back, but I don't regret it.

But of course, I realized that financial instability...

could really pressure you.

So I was always intimidated and scared.

I pretended to be cheerful.

But every time the sun came up,

I was scared to get through the day.

And when the sun went down,

I was relieved to have survived the day.

I was intimidated like that...

for the past 10 years.

Ji Eun.

You know how much I admire your late father, right?

Your father once...

told me this.

"There are three ways to live your life."

"You can run away, be a bystander,"

"or take the bull by its horns."

Whenever I'm faced with a problem,

I always think of...

what he said to me.

But most of the time, I make excuses...

and choose to be a bystander.

But unlike me, your father liked facing things.

I'm sorry I made you get involved in this.

Are you sure you'll be okay?

I don't have much to lose.

And people already hate me for being a reporter.

So you don't need to worry.

I've pulled myself together.

And I learned that there's always a way...

as long as you're determined to make things work.

Yes. Your father will be proud of you.

We all have our dark sides.

And the most painful word is "regret".

The reason I was able to turn back...

what I shouldn't have done back then...

was because I didn't miss the right timing.

The right timing.

Who was the person that gave me time...

to think things through?

Who could it be?

(Yoon Mi Ran)

(Yoon Mi Ran)

(Yoon Mi Ran, Trash)

(Empty trash)

(Are you sure you want to permanently delete this file?)

(Yes.)

(Yoon Mi Ran)

Ji Eun.

Cheers.

(Phoenix 2020)

It's up to me to decide what I want.

Who are they to tell me what to do?

Do you know how much trouble you've caused to everyone?

If it put Ji Eun in trouble, that's enough to satisfy me.

Mi Ran, you're confused, aren't you?

I think I could help.

"Chance"?

Jung Min?

Jung Min, why do you love me?

Because my love for you tells me I should help you carry your burden.

I love you, Jung Min.