Our heroine, Aria is precariously driving down a road, swerves to miss a deer, runs off the road, crashes through trees and then runs off a cliff, only to be saved by the guard rail that she had driven through. Some guy who was in the car with her is unconscious and falls out through the now-missing  wind shield into the ocean. Because she luckily drove off a cliff with the ocean below and not a deep gorge of hard things like trees and rocks and dirt at the bottom.

 Aria is, for some reason, handcuffed to the steering wheel. Did they mean to kill her? A man that her phone identifies as ‘Crazy Bastard’ calls. She begs for help but he’s all about her accepting his proposal. The car is starting to slip, scaring Aria even more, and he refuses to help her unless she says yes. He hangs up on her. She starts to cry. She calls him back and agrees to do whatever he tells her to do. He tells her that he has one condition. She must die. Only if she dies can things go as planned. She asks if he wants her to die right now? He tells her that dying isn't so bad. But being able to determine how you die is something to be thankful for. There’s a pause and he asks what she’s decided.

Sadly, Aria agrees. If it means that everyone will be happy, then so be it. He tells her that she, too, will be happy. She tells him that he will die and go to hell. I like her. Feisty to the end. He answers that she should worry about that after she dies. He hangs up.

Aria can only wait to die. She looks at a picture of her parents and her brother on her handphone and decides to record a farewell message to them. She tells them that she loves them. She starts to weep. She can’t stop herself. She starts another message. She asks, angry and weeping, why she had to live like that?

Are you living to make money or making money to live? Aren't you even exhausted? Dad, stop making your family go through hard times. Please! Archie, come to your senses! This world isn't that easy. You all take care. If she is born again, she will not live this way.

She ends her message and waits to die. The cable breaks and her car plunges into the water.

[Two days ago]

Charlie stares at two tie tacks and anguishes over which one to wear. Finally he throws one down, rolling his eyes at himself and telling himself to stop. He grabs his suit jacket and leaves his closet. His secretary, Luca – hands him his portfolio. As Charlie leaves, one of the house workers – Sia – wishes him good luck.

Charlie gives a presentation on SJ’s Shopping Mall, which made 1.217 Trillion RKW last year. Dang. Things have been growing the last three years. The meeting’s about building a new large-scale shopping mall, so that their revenue can exceed 30 Trillion RKW by 2020. That's crazy ambitious, given that they're wanting 2500% growth in just 5 years. Charlie’s father, Chairman John is there, as is his brother-in-law, Oliver.

Oliver raises his hand and sets his coffee cup on the table. There’s a small drip of coffee running down the side and, as it sits on the table, Charlie sees black ooze flow forth from the cup. And right before he raised his hand, it looked like Oliver intentionally tipped his cup so that it would have that drip of coffee to infect the table, like he knows that it will bug Charlie.

Oliver starts to poke holes in Charlie's presentation and as he does, Charlie gets distracted by someone coughing – it’s like the man just spit blood onto the table – and another man picking his nose and then putting the offending hand on the table. More and more ooze appears on the table.

Chairman Dad yells Charlie's name to get his attention. When he answers and calls Dad ‘Appa,’ Dad sucks air through his teeth to warn him about his bad behavior. Charlie corrects himself and calls Dad ‘Chairman.’ Dad growls that the people of Korea may think that it's natural for a child to inherit his/her parent's company. but are there just one or two cases where incompetent heirs ruin a company? They shouldn't forget that. If any child shows they're incompetent, they'll lose the spot. Understand? Charlie answers that he’s more than fully aware (and afraid) of that. Nice Dad. Completely dress Charlie down in front of everyone. And Oliver had a little smirk going, too. It was on purpose, the coffee drip.

Olivia Lauren Fashion Show.

This is a real designer in South Korea that Soo Ae is a spokesmodel for. I really like her stuff and Soo Ae looks beautiful in the pictures.

The parent company (Sejung)’s website says that “The brand name, OLIVIA LAUREN, was created by combining ‘Olivia,’ which represents abundance, life, peace and stability, and ‘Lauren,’ a beautiful woman pursuing a luxurious feminine style, Together, it represents women, who strive for luxury and stability in their homes. Also, it mixes the practical elements and the sensitivity of a character brand to offer high quality and value at a reasonable price.”

The target customers are “housewives and women with careers in their 40s, who are committed to their families and their own achievements, and pursue wise and practical consumption focusing on affordability and value.” Very cool that there’s a brand that doesn’t target teens and women in their early twenties. It always seems like the mall is full of those types of stores.

So,we get to have a little meta moment.

Emma is dispassionately watching the models. Charlie is with her. Oo, like that dress. Like that dress a lot. As she watches she tells Charlie that there’s a rumor that he doesn't like girls. She smiles at him like she’s enjoying asking an unsettling question. Charlie, still watching the show, sighs and asks if she picked anything. She picks a few things. He tells her that she should have asked for the entire mall. She tells him to give it to her as a wedding present; people will be impressed by that for sure. He looks at her, his smile firmly in place. Although it wavers just a fraction here.

Emma looks at him and asks if she’s asking for too much. He replies that it *is* too much. She answers that she doesn't like stingy men. Like that's being stingy. She changes the conversation to her lover. Even if she marries, she'll still meet him. If that causes a problem for them, she can't do this marriage. Charlie sighs. Almost like he’s saying ‘if only.’ He’s read the contract, correct? If he does any unwanted skin-ship, she’ll press charges and he’ll never have a child. He needs to keep that in mind on their honeymoon since he could make a mistake when he’s drunk. Gosh, this is such a business merger. That’s really sad. But she knows how the world works.

Emma mentions the company shares. Charlie cuts her off to say that 20 days after they're married, they’ll be transferred to her. He reminds her that if *she* violates the contact, she’ll be asked to pay damages. Emma smiles, a little bitter. Charlie says that he hopes that it won't get that far since it won't be easy for her household to handle. Emma coolly smiles and says that it’s a relief. She was worried that they wouldn't have the same idea. If they do well, they can even be friends. Charlie laughs and says that you don't become friends with those you do business with. It doesn't end very well. Used to dealing with the sharks...

Fashion show is done. Lots of bags in Emma’s car. They’re saying goodbye. Charlie snaps his fingers and Luca steps forward to present Emma with a bag. Charlie tells her to check it. It's the deposit. The wedding ring. Emma's reaction says that it’s satisfactory.

Emma turns to leave and Charlie asks if the person she loves know that they’re going to marry. The slight change in her face says that this disturbs her. She doesn’t turn around and coolly says that he'll find out when they get married. Charlie tells her that it's a pity. For both of them. He adds that he’s being sincere. She turns around, smile now firmly fixed, and asks if *he* doesn’t have anyone he loves. His expression doesn’t waver as he looks at her. She tells him that it’s a pity… sincerely. Charlie checks his watch and after giving her one lastlittle half-smirk – like ‘what a piece of work I’m marrying’ – he leaves.

As Emma starts to get into her car, one of the workers from the mall yells at her, calling her Aria. When Emma looks at her coldly, the woman – Mila bows her head with apology. Emma leaves and Mila says that it’s no way that it’s her.

Aria is standing before her supervisor’s desk. Supervisor – the obnoxious woman who was only at the funeral for the food – proceeds to rant and scream at Aria for her performance (or lack thereof). Aria is the department’s lowest performing salesgirl. As Supervisor throws her fit, time slows down as Aria starts to sing

‘The Blue Danube’ in her head. And I like this girl. Just for this. Just for this. Supervisor finishes and asks Aria if she understands. Aria smiles politely and says that she does. Supervisor dismisses her with a hand wave.

Lunch time. Her friend, Claire tells her not to worry about Supervisor. Aria asks Claire if she makes money to live or lives to make money. Claire says that it’s neither; it’s to find a man. Mila comes running up and declares that she just met someone who looks JUST like Aria: round eyes, round mouth and round Butt. Heh. Does she have a twin by chance? Claire sighs and says that Mila is doing it again. Last time, Mila said there was someone who looked like her.

Mila says that Aria’s look alike seemed like she has a lot of money. Just the look was falling over with sleekness. Does Aria really not have a twin? Aria slams her spoon down on her tray. She sighs and declares that it’s true. She’sactually SJ's second daughter. Dramatic gasps from Mila and Claire. Before inheriting the company, she just wanted to experience what employees go through. Even more dramatic gasping. From now on, she’s going to run this company cafeteria and they will serve Han Woo beef (very expensive beef) everyday.

Aria has just declared that she’s a chaebol’s daughter and she will make them serve only Han woo beef in the cafeteria.

Aria declares that she will fire anyone who criticizes people for taking too long at lunch. Mila relishes that by making fish-swimming hand motions. Claire asks Aria why she’s saying this now. Is it because of SJ’s hidden third daughter? Claire grabs a chicken nugget and tells Aria to show it to the girl when they meet. Aria picks up another nugget and holds it next to the one Claire is holding.

Mila fiercely tells them to stop. Aria and Claire stop smiling. Mila grabs a nugget and declares that she’s actually Aria’s mother. Melodramatic looks as Aria cries, “Mom!” Fake crying from the reunion. Claire cries 'Unni' and the three of them dramatically embrace across the table. I love her friends. Very cool.

Switch to Aria being chewed out for not taking back a dress, even though the woman

DOESN’T HAVE A RECEIPT. Woman yells for Aria to call her manager and Aria caves. Woman throws the dress at her and grumbles at how Aria made her yell. Yeah, she made you not bring a receipt when you know it's required and then she forced you to be obnoxious. A man with a really bad hair – like it’s a wig – comes to buy a dress. But it’s the Loan Shark that Aria’s father owes money too.

Once they're alone, Aria asks for more time. Loan Shark walks forward, so that Aria is shoved against a wall. He punches his fist through the wall next to Aria’s hand and then tells her to pay at least the interest owed. He pulls out his bloody fist – like it doesn’t hurt at all – and wipes the blood on her shirt.

Aria goes to the bathroom and tries to clean the blood off her clothes. She gets a text that her high school is having a reunion wine party get-together.

As Aria hurries from the bathroom to get back to work, she accidentally collides with Charlie. She immediately starts bowing an apology. He misses her face because he notices the blood on her shirt, blood that has touched his blazer. She hurries off and Charlie runs back to his bedroom. He quickly strips off his jacket, shirt and tie. He grabs a new shirt from his closet and, as he buttons it, he slows his gasping breath, even covering his mouth to calm himself. He looks absolutely pathetic as he looks at himself in the mirror.

Aria arrives at the high school wine party. It’s obvious that Aria is nervous. She goes to sit at the bar and a girl moves a purse into the seat she's about to sit in to stop her. The mean girls talk about her cattily, that she’s probably there to borrow money. When they approach Aria, she’s very friendly and they’re not. They act like they don’t recognize her. Head mean girl ‘remembers’ her – the one that used to beat up guys, right? A smug-looking man notices them from across the room. Head Mean Girl says that it’s nice Aria came. They were making a bet. Aria should do it too. They pull out a huge decanter full of red wine. HMG says that if Aria’s able to drink it in one shot, the reward is 300. Hearing the reward, Aria agrees. Everyone’s watching now.

Aria is able to drink the whole thing, with everyone cheering her on. Guy doesn’t enjoy the show. Aria turns back to HMG, who says that Aria never disappoints. She presents Aria with her prize: 300 RKW. Not the 300,000 RKW that Aria was expecting, but that was the point. Everyone laughs. Guy doesn’t. Aria stares at the coins and tries not to cry. Guy walks up, shoves HMG out of the way and wrist grabs Aria, telling her to come along.

Aria ends up in his car. He asks why she got fooled by those kids. She wasn’t like that before. He reaches over to take her hand and she pulls her hand away. So not an old boyfriend? Or maybe a bad breakup? Guy mentions how they used to date, right? She doesn’t sound like that’s the case when she starts to answer. He interrupts her to tell her that he’s missed her. He made the group text for today's meeting so he could see her. He almost sounds like a nice guy until… He tells her that they call her "Ah Jjang," a lower neighborhood's Ulzzang. Which means that she’s a pretty girl from a poor neighborhood. He asks why she was born so pretty and made him suffer. He could have dated her proudly in public if she didn't live in the lower neighborhood. Nice, dude. Scumbag.

They arrive at a hotel. Scumbag wants to go inside to ‘talk.’ Aria resists and asks what he’s going to say. He says that he knows her heart. She may be shy at first. She shoves him away, so he falls over. And you should now kick him in his crotch for thinking like a creepy rapist. She declares that she’ll answer him clearly. They weren’t dating that time before. He was trying to use her, just like now. Go, Aria!

Douche gets up, dusts himself off and gets back in his car. He pulls out a fat roll of 50,000 RKWs and tosses it at her. That's what she needs, right? Isn't it sad? Since they're all adults, they only meet if they need something. He tells her to take it and come back if she needs more. Whenever. Aria stares at the money, fighting the tears. She slowly picks it up and tells Douche that she’s going to repay it. For sure. He snarks a ‘sure’ and drives away. Aria begins to cry.

Aria heads out to street stall and drinks a bunch of beer. As she staggers home, she’s spotted by Charlie when she stumbles and falls. He’s been replaying in his mind his last conversation with Emma. He tells Luca to stop the car. They back up and Charlie gets out of the car. After making sure that it does, indeed, look to be Emma, he asks what she’s doing and what’s up with her clothes. He noticed her clothes. That's an unusual man. She asks if he knows her. He sighs and says that it’s not very well.

Charlie notices that Aria’s knee is bleeding. He asks how much she had to drink. Aria asks him why it matters to someone she doesn't know? He nods, remembering the contract terms. Right, they decided not to worry about each other. He straightens his tie and asks her about ending up in the paper. She laughs and smiles up at him. Is he flirting with her right now? Charlie is understandably puzzled by that question. And a little disturbed.

Aria lays down on the sidewalk and tells Charlie to do whatever he wants, however he wants. Wow. He squats next to her and asks if she’s being like this because of ‘that person,’ the one she said she loved. Aria laughs. Love? That's luxury. It's hard just to survive, what love?! Luca asks Charlie what they should do. Charlie says to leave her. Luca points out that Charlie shouldn't do anything that will get him criticized. Charlie asks why *this* is something that people would disapprove of. It's something he’ll give disapproval to.

As Charlie starts to walk away, he imagines all the people around him talking about what he’s doing:

...#Omo, darling, is that guy leaving his drunk lover there and just going?...

...#No way, he wouldn't....

...#Do you think he'll just leave her?...

...#No matter how much they may have fought, leaving such pretty little lady like that on the ground?...

If he does that, he'll get hit by lightning. (And the dog the woman’s walking barks it's disapproval, too.)

A whole crowd of people are eagerly reading about how SJ's son left a girl on the streets. When they notice him, they give him disapproving looks. Charlie looks away – and we see that no one’s actually at the newsstand. He starts to pant from the stress. Wow, this boy is tightly wound.

Switch to hotel room. Charlie is helping Aria stagger in. He tells her that They’ve already agreed on two percent of the company's shares. She can't say something else later. I had to think about this one for a minute. He’s referring to the skin ship clause in their marriage contract. Which didn’t say anything about *her* getting drunk and touching *his* body. She slurs that she’ll do 5%. Why is he so petty?

They stumble and fall into a chair so that she’s sitting on his lap. She starts to squirm. He asks what's the matter. She starts to gag. As she throws up on him, he screams and shoves her off him. Heh! I'm not a germophobe and I would have done that. He runs away, shedding his clothing as he goes. *All* of it. Well, maybe not that. He runs into the shower and frantically scrubs everywhere to get himself clean. Finally he stops to pant.

Aria rouses from her stupor because she’s going to throw up again. She runs into the

bathroom – where Charlie is scrubbing away – but doesn’t even notice him. She hurls in the toilet. Her money roll drops and she can’t find the pockets in her coat – even though they’re right there. She spots a robe hanging on the wall and stuffs the money in its pocket – even though she’s wearing her purse and could have easily put it in there. She closes the lid and falls back asleep leaning on it.

Charlie emerges from the shower and jumps because she’s in the bathroom. He’s wearing a towel, but still feels awkward. He tries to ease his way over to the robe hanging on the wall, but slips on the tiled floor and falls onto a table, knocking everything off of it. He stops to see if Aria’s awakened by the noise. She isn’t. He notices that she’s about to fall over and whack her head on the tile. He dives to catch her and in the process loses his towel. They end up on the floor with him cradling her in his arms. They looks at each other and she mutters ‘thank you’ before passing out. Charlie blinks and wonders what to do now.

Charlie returns to his house, dressed in the robe. He tries to look dignified. Leo wonders if Charlie didn’t like what he was wearing that day (since he's now wearing a robe). Charlie gets dressed again. He flashes back to drunk Emma. Why was she like that?

Next day, Emma is at the department store. She’s flipping through a magazine and comes across a spread about doppelgangers. The first one who sees the other dies. Attendant arrives and says that they increased the size of her ring to 10. Wow, fat fingers. Maybe sizes are different in Korea, but my ring size is 5¾s. Emma wonders how someone can not know their fiancée’s ring size. As she starts to look at the ring, she spots a woman wearing her outfit. She rolls her eyes and leaves – partially relieved that it’s not her doppelganger.

Aria wakes up, leaning on the toilet in the hotel bathroom. She’s freaked out because she doesn’t know how she got there. She grabs a razor for protection. When she comes out into the suite, she sees the clothes lying on the floor, right where Charlie shed them. This jogs her memory enough. She notices the time and quickly runs to work. Luckily, she’s not caught by Supervisor, who is currently yelling at another employee. Claire asks why she hasn’t been answering her calls. Her father is in the hospital.

Aria hurries to leave and accidentally runs into a woman. The woman’s broach breaks and Aria apologizes and starts to pick the pieces up. Woman is obnoxious: 'Seriously! She’s going crazy!' Emma is riding the escalator down, trying on her wedding ring. Or, at least trying to try it on. It’s still too small for her finger. When she pulls it off from where it was stuck, she loses hold of it. It falls and rolls over to Aria. And Emma, with her 5-foot heels – seriously, they are basically the length of her entire foot, like she’s walking on tiptoe – spots Aria first. She’s understandably unsettled at seeing her doppelganger. They stare at each other and Aria holds out the ring.