(Episode 81)
Hello, Assemblyman Kim.
What's going on?
Assemblyman Son is freaking out, saying you need to withdraw.
Did something happen?
No, of course not.
Something urgent came up.
Okay.
Hello, Assemblyman Joo.
Did you hear the news?
They suddenly called an emergency meeting,
and Assemblyman Son said...
he was rescinding your nomination for...
Minister of Gender Equality and Family.
How could he do this?
What's going on?
It was you.
You.
Gemma, all of this is your fault.
You're getting better and better.
I get it from Mom.
I was good at making shoes too.
You made shoes too?
I first met Mom at a shoe factory.
She was good with her hands...
and dreamed of becoming a shoe designer.
She was a pretty young lady.
I...
loved Hee Kyung a lot.
So?
Have you made a decision?
You'll have to decide by morning.
What if...
I refuse to withdraw?
The reporters will get a whiff of it and swarm like bees.
Then they'll uncover all of your past corrupt deeds.
You'll have to withdraw from your nomination...
and step down as CEO of Lora Shoes.
And we'll go bankrupt.
Luckily, she hasn't sent them to the media,
so...
you should give in.
A storm is coming.
You can't just stand there and get pummeled.
Am I wrong?
Don't cry, Hee Kyung.
You're breaking my heart.
Honey.
I never betrayed you.
I was just using Assemblyman Son.
Trust me.
Please trust me.
I love you.
It's all Gemma's fault.
None of this would've happened if she weren't around.
I would've become...
the Minister of Gender Equality and Family.
Lora's Min Hee Kyung...
would've become a minister.
Why must I be a victim?
What did I do wrong?
Hee Kyung.
This is all Gemma's fault.
Honey.
We have to punish her.
It's her fault Hye Bin is like that after her wedding was called off.
But she's back at the company. How could she be so shameless?
I want Gemma gone.
I want to kill her.
Everything is messed up because of her.
She's here.
- Ms. Min. - Ms. Min!
Ms. Min.
Is it true that you're withdrawing from the nomination?
Is it true that you're withdrawing to squash suspicions about you?
When will you hold a press conference?
Please explain what's going on.
- Ms. Min. - Give us a statement.
- Ms. Min. - Ms. Min.
(Chairman Kwon Hyuk Sang)
I apologize...
to the party and to the public...
for causing concern.
I'd like to take this opportunity...
to thank the President for nominating me...
for Minister of Gender Equality and Family.
I had wanted...
to utilize all of my talents...
to help the nation in any way I could,
but I think I'm still too inadequate to serve the nation.
I believe it is still premature,
which is why I made this difficult decision.
This is why I am withdrawing.
- Just a minute. - Just a minute.
- Ms. Min. - Is that true?
- One more word, please. - But...
- One more word, please. - Give us more details.
- Ms. Min. - One more word, please.
- Ms. Min.
One more word, please.
- Ms. Min. - Ms. Min.
- Just a minute!
- Ms. Min. - Ms. Min.
- One more word.
- Please give us more details. - Another word, please.
You're obstructing our business, so please leave.
Thank you.
One more word, please.
Please say something.
Please leave. Thank you.
Wait.
Ms. Min.
- One more word. - Ms. Min.
- Ms. Min.
You evil wench.
You've ruined everything.
You've trampled on my life.
My hope, my happiness, my dream.
You've snatched them all away.
Gemma. It's your fault.
Congratulations.
Ms. Min withdrew from her nomination as you wanted.
Thanks to your help.
True, since we're in this together.
That's right.
Hold on.
Should we make a toast with this since it's all we have right now?
Oh my.
It's okay.
We couldn't concentrate on work...
because of everything going on.
I'm so down.
Console yourself with some coffee.
Everyone's here.
I was feeling kind of down.
You haven't heard, have you?
Ms. Min fainted.
Father. I heard Stepmother fainted.
Shouldn't you go check on her?
Ju Hyung.
Do you find this amusing?
Do I find it amusing?
The directors keep calling, so I had to turn off my phone.
Our stock prices will plummet,
and we'll have an emergency shareholders' meeting.
I own almost a third of this company.
How could I find this amusing? It is not amusing at all.
I'm afraid of how this will affect...
our company.
Although...
if you'd make your decision now and okay it,
things may be different.
What do you mean?
Remove Min Hee Kyung as CEO as of today...
and shut down Lora Shoes.
Ms. Min will have to cough up her shares in the company.
Even better...
if you get a divorce and become unrelated legally.
Think hard about this.
If you do that,
you can minimize the risk...
that you must take on.
I'll go now.
No. Let go.
Let go.
No. I want to die.
I'm going to die.
Stop this. You need to get your shot.
Ma'am. You need this shot,
or you'll have to be hospitalized.
Make sure she doesn't remove it.
Okay.
What's the use in living?
Let me die.
Hye Bin is bad enough.
You can't do this too.
Drop the act.
You're applauding on the inside.
Everyone...
keeps attacking just me.
I'm the only victim.
Me.
How were things at work?
Was it total chaos?
- Does the media not know yet? - No.
I wanted to send the material to every TV station and newspaper,
but I couldn't.
I didn't think it was time yet.
But you did well.
At least you stopped her from becoming a minister.
I wonder if maybe I should've left her alone.
What? Why?
She would've collapsed on her own even if I hadn't done anything.
She did so many terrible things and told so many lies.
I started to think maybe the confirmation hearing...
would've been better.
She would've been found out even if she tried to hide it.
What about Assemblyman Son?
He won't be able to get involved too readily.
The video that you sent will hold him back forever.
That's good then.
I'm sure our baby can rest in peace now.
Thank you, Yu Kyung.
I let her off easy this time.
Let's wait a little while longer.
I won't let what she did get buried like this.
Once the police and prosecutors investigate,
she'll be ruined for good.
You know how it is.
The higher you climb, the harder you fall.
We just have to wait.
What's wrong with you?
Your skin looks terrible.
But don't give up.
Hee Kyung.
Don't forget who you are.
You're Lora's...
Min Hee Kyung.
Come in.
How do you feel, Stepmother?
Why?
Do you wish I had died?
Don't be like that.
It's not that easy to die.
But then again, it is easy for some people.
Like my mom.
What?
You must still have a lot of wounds.
You adapt so easily that I thought you'd be back to normal...
once you got a good night's sleep.
Was it you?
Or did you collude with Gemma?
Stepmother.
If I had become a minister,
I could've grown Lora...
to several times the size it is today.
I could've turned it into a large corporation...
that could be passed down for generations.
What for?
So that you could kick out Father and me and have it to yourself?
True.
The food that you eat secretly while hiding...
does taste the best.
Watch your mouth.
You're the one...
who needs to watch your mouth.
Unless you want to be caught...
for murdering my mom.
What?
Of all the...
Do you have proof?
Show me the proof. I want evidence.
Where did you get such nonsense?
I know you grew up without a mom,
but I didn't expect you to make things up like that.
I killed your mom?
Why would I?
She was already crazy.
Why would I kill her?
She would've died on her own anyway.
Maybe something is wrong with your brain...
just like your mom.
Get out. I need to change and go to work.
That's right.
I've thought about it,
and Chairman Kwon is next.
If I can't be a minister,
I'll have to make my husband one.
Don't you agree?
I'll lobby properly...
You've ruined your life already with your wretched lobbying!
Don't ruin anyone else's.
How dare you act out in front of me?
What?
Whether or not you like it, I'm your mom.
And I'm your supervisor at work.
Show some respect and watch your mouth.
You are...
no longer neither my stepmother nor the CEO of Lora Shoes.
You should resign before you get dragged out...
and disgraced...
after an emergency board meeting.
Don't forget.
This is my last bit of consideration toward you.
An emergency board meeting?
What if...
I refuse to withdraw?
The reporters will get a whiff of it and swarm like bees.
Then they'll uncover all of your past corrupt deeds.
You'll have to withdraw from your nomination...
and step down as CEO of Lora Shoes.
And we'll go bankrupt.
Lady Choi.
Please save me.
Save me, please.
My gosh. Ms. Min.
Ms. Min.
What is going on?
Lady Choi, please help me.
You're the only one I can trust now.
I don't know what it is,
but the wedding was canceled not that long ago.
I don't think it's appropriate for us to have this conversation.
What they said on the news was all a lie.
I had to withdraw from my nomination,
but you know how it is.
Being wrongfully terminated, forced to resign,
and having your business shut down...
That's pretty much what is happening to me.
They're trying to remove me as CEO of Lora Shoes.
Ma'am.
They want to get rid of Lora Shoes.
That's like a death sentence to me.
Please save me, ma'am.
Please help me.
You'll be saving a life.
I swear I won't forget it for as long as I live.
Only you can save me, ma'am.
It isn't me, but my money.
Gosh.
What's wrong?
Is someone here?
Ms. Min Hee Kyung is here.
This early?
Who is it this time?
It's my guest.
Hi, Ju Hyung.
Sorry for coming so early. It was the only time I had.
Ms. Ma.
Please bring us two cups of coffee.
No, actually. Sorry.
I don't have time. May I see your grandmother first?
I'm sorry,
but she's with a guest.
A guest?
Lora's CEO, Min Hee Kyung.
Lady Choi.
I'm begging you. Just this once.
I can't shut down Lora Shoes like this.
Shoes are my life.
Telling me to stop making shoes is like telling me to die.
Please save me.
I'm an old woman who deals with money.
I've already...
put so much money into Lora.
I don't know whether it'll succeed or go belly up.
How can I invest even more?
You should know better.
I should know better?
You're the one who should know better.
Both of your grandsons that you adore so much...
were played by Gemma.
Because of that, Hyun Seok left the country,
and Hye Bin is too sick to even go to work.
But Gemma...
is back at our company as a department chief.
She seduced Chairman Kwon's first wife's son, Ju Hyung,
and is playing him like a fiddle.
What are you saying?
Watch what you say.
What's wrong with you?
I'm with a guest.
Don't believe anything she says.
It's all a lie.
It is not a lie.
She's right.
Everyone knows Gemma played both of you.
Only a fool wouldn't.
Grandma.
Get out. Now!
I came too late.
I should've come sooner.
I don't know what Ms. Min is saying to win her over this time.
Anyway, why did she withdraw from her nomination?
I'm sure you know.
Gemma?
Ju Hyung. Please.
Stop Gemma.
How can I stop her?
You were engaged to her, but even you couldn't stop her.
People who never experienced it say it so easily.
"Forgive and forget."
No. You can never forget.
Hatred is not that easy to get rid of.
Hatred begets hatred,
and revenge begets revenge.
That is why you must forget, and that is why you must forgive.
Shut it, if you don't understand.
You don't know anything.
Ms. Min left.
You went to school with Ki Seok?
Yes.
And Chairman Kwon Hyuk Sang is your father.
He's my stepfather.
Stepfather and stepmother.
It must've been tough.
I've heard about you ever since I was in the US.
That I'm a rich old woman who doesn't trust anyone?
Or that I'm a deep pocket that provides election funds...
for assemblymen?
I hear from Ms. Min...
that you want to shut down Lora Shoes.
Why is that?
There's a practice called mergers and acquisitions...
I think...
if you were to run a corporation,
it would lose a few brands overnight.
You buy and sell readily.
I learned that in business, you must minimize loss...
and increase financial profit.
Don't be cheeky in front of an old woman...
and try to lecture her about economics.
I've never met anyone who talked big who actually did their job right.
I heard you picked up Gemma...
and made her a department chief.
Do you like her that much?
I know that you are not fond of her,
but I hire people based on skills.
I'm sure.
The mother and son are fighting over Lora Shoes...
and came to ask me to invest.
Where did you go?
You had already left when I got up this morning.
Somewhere for work.
This isn't the time to worry about work.
Lora Shoes...
needs to start over.
Lady Choi agreed to invest.
What?
She says she'll fund the new shoes that I make.
She'll extend the deadlines for what I owe too.
She's giving me a chance.
Not my husband, Kwon Hyuk Sang,
but that old woman Choi Sook Ja.
No.
The board has already raised it to discuss at the meeting.
What is there to discuss when we have plenty of funds?
If you're so worried about Lora going under,
fix the messes that you created.
As long as Gemma is alive,
it isn't just Shoes, but also Mattress,
that is a candle in the wind.
You and I both...
are Gemma's enemies.
You killed her father...
as well as her mom So Ok Kyung.
Who did that to Hye Bin?
Lora Shoes will make a comeback.
I'll resurrect it.
So...
you get rid of Gemma for good.
She ruined me, Hye Bin, and you.
We were the perfect family,
but she destroyed that.
(CEO Min Hee Kyung)
I told you.
I'm immortal.
Fine. I'll back you.
Do whatever you want. All of it.
Kick Gemma out of the company.
Everyone close to her as well.
Then I'll invest.
Ma'am.
You're a victim...
that suffered because of Gemma too.
So am I.
She put me and my grandsons...
in the palm of her hand and toyed with me.
That audacious nobody.
That's right. That old woman finally came to her senses.
I wouldn't have suffered if she had come around sooner.
You are...
no longer neither my stepmother nor the CEO of Lora Shoes.
You should resign before you get dragged out...
and disgraced...
after an emergency board meeting.
Fine.
I will...
crush you now, Ju Hyung.
Come in.
Get me a list of former Lora Shoes designers...
that are talented.
We're releasing a new product.
We need them to start as soon as possible.
Yes, ma'am.
Stand down, all of you.
I'm...
Lora's Min Hee Kyung.
(Red Shoes)
Congratulations on coming back to life.
You'll need a good design.
Want to buy my design?
Enjoy it while you can.
Gemma, you brought this upon yourself.
Something's wrong.
Gemma's bag was on the floor.
It's an important moment for both of us.
What do you think? It's a gift for you.