(Episode 12)
This is the day they recommended, ma'am.
"Auspicious day?"
You pay for these?
The special investigation isn't over yet. Why are you rushing things?
Shouldn't we have the wedding before I go to prison?
I can't let Se Young get married without me present.
You will keep your word, then?
You taught me to value your word like you would value your life.
Meet Se Young for a nice lunch,
discuss wedding gifts, and do some shopping.
She'll be a bit frigid toward me.
What have you done this time?
Se Young came to see me at the gym.
Yeo Mi Ji who's really hot and popular...
Grandma, you saw her too. I lent her my hotel bed.
She suddenly showed up, like, ta-da.
You idiot.
- Grandma! - Unless you want Se Young...
to freeze you to death with her icy glare, run to her.
Okay.
I was told she'd definitely be here.
Se Young tends to sleep deeply in the mornings.
You know all sorts of stuff.
Was she given a sedative?
Se Young.
Hello. Come here.
Hi. Did I make you wait?
No.
Is it Ji Ho's?
I found it in my car.
I don't know anyone who'd wear a bracelet made by a child.
It's Ji Ho's.
Han Byeol made it for him at kindergarten.
Mine is red and Ji Ho's is blue.
This bracelet.
It wasn't in your car, was it?
Did you find it in Se Young's apartment?
I'm really sorry.
I didn't believe it.
- I hoped it wasn't that. - I'd never seen Ji Ho...
make that face or have that look in his eyes.
He looked excited and restless.
Seeing him like that made me burn up inside.
How much does he like Se Young...
that he'd hurt the mother of his child so much?
How crazy about her must he be...
that he wants his best friend's fiancée?
How desperate must he be...
that he'd leave his daughter's birthday dinner to be with her?
Did he brush aside Han Byeol's birthday dinner?
He adores his daughter.
Smile.
Do you feel uncomfortable?
Do you feel bad for Hye Soo?
That would be normal.
When does the investigation end?
Soon.
Does it have to be my mom?
Chairwoman Ma's a tough target and that would take way longer.
You have my dad's support.
I bet he'd rather take down the chairwoman than send my mom to prison.
My mom is the one thing he values the most in the world.
Nothing is concrete yet. Leave it to me.
Sorry.
Get over here right away.
I apologize. I have a prior engagement.
- I'll see you first thing tomorrow... - You scum!
Do as you're told and come in.
- Was that my dad? - Let's buy some groceries.
I think Se Young overdosed.
She has amazing parents and you, a great fiancé,
but the more she has, the more she wants.
Is that the feeling of deficiency?
It's greed, not deficiency.
Se Young has a fiery temper, so she'd have been impulsive.
Then why did Ji Ho say that...
Han Byeol has me but Se Young has no one?
He wants to give Se Young his love as well as the world.
I know Ji Ho well.
He's confused.
He admires and yearns for what Se Young has.
It's not love.
Once time passes, as if they suffered the flu,
they'll both recover and move on.
Their fever might die down and they might come around soon.
But by then,
Ji Ho's heart would've burned out.
I don't want an empty shell.
And I won't wait endlessly for him to come back.
We're done at last.
It was a long day for us both.
You did great.
The doors are closing.
Hye Soo, who's she?
It was her.
The wench who seduced Ji Ho and made Hye Soo cry.
Darn him and her both.
I was curious.
You have it all, so why do you need an exit?
Why, when you know so well he won't love you,
do you desperately want to marry In Ha...
just because he's the heir to Cheonha?
Why is my love not enough?
Why must I bring you the world...
to satisfy you?
Aren't you the same?
If I were a loser and a nobody like Hye Soo,
would you have ditched her for me?
At first, you said you'd marry In Ha...
and would only date me.
But now?
You want to love me and marry me.
You're serious and sincere just at that moment.
It's true that you love me now.
But you're always anxious and needy.
So, do you feel anxious too?
I'm worried you'll overdose on sleeping pills again.
What is the deep, dark well that hides in your heart?
Sometimes you're like a poison I can't help but take knowing it's deadly,
and sometimes you're like a magnet that pushes me away when I pull you in.
Although you're always so desperate,
it seems fake.
It feels like a lie.
You love me when you don't even believe me?
Even if you lie constantly, and however mean or evil you are,
I will make you mine.
I'll do whatever it takes.
Kang Ji Ho that punk.
I praised him and kept him close,
and he went and seduced my daughter?
What will you do with Se Young?
Why do you even ask? I can't stand the sight of her.
Let her stay at her apartment until she knows what she did wrong.
We raised her for almost 20 years.
Never once did I not consider her my own.
I know that. Ever since you brought her home,
even before you brought her home, you cared for her as if...
she were your own.
You should apologize to her.
Apologize? Me?
She should kneel and apologize to me.
If Se Young were your real daughter,
would you still be this cruel?
I wasn't cruel.
"I fed you, clothed you,"
"sent you to school, and set you up with a rich guy."
"Do you think you're my real daughter?"
"Get out. Get out of my house."
"I have..."
"no need for you."
Honey.
I'm sorry.
I was in the wrong.
Se Young is your daughter.
Please accept her...
and cherish her, please.
Okay, I will. I won't do it again.
Mr. Lee.
You said you knew Se Young since you were young.
Yes.
Ms. Seol was one of our orphanage patrons.
She brought her daughter sometimes.
She got to know me, Hye Soo, and Sun Mi,
and I got to know her.
The one who recommended you to Mr. Ko,
was Se Young too?
Yes.
You might know her better than I do.
Kyung Won. Right now, I don't need a secretary.
I need a drinking buddy.
A wall to talk to.
"It's darkest right beneath the lamp."
"An ax you trust will fall on your foot."
I wondered why such proverbs existed.
Those two...
I used to be a huge fan of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
The most powerful commander isn't Liu Bei, Guan Yu, or Zhang Fei.
- It's Lu Bu. - That's right.
Do you know why Lu Bu died?
Because he lusted after Diao Chan, dead Dong Zhuo's lover.
Some say that Diao Chan and Lu Bu fell in love first,
and that Diao Chan's fictional...
Lu Bu shouldn't have cared about the famed horse.
He should've thought first about what it meant to be loyal.
Lee Kyung Won.
What would you do?
If my friend stole someone's fiancée,
I'd cut him off.
You wouldn't see him again?
No.
(My best friend)
What does a prosecutor want with me this late at night?
Come on over. I'll wait.
In Ha!
I'm here to get beaten up!
You know you deserve a beating?
When did it all begin?
Was it a year ago,
at the department store opening in Daegu?
If you're asking when we met, that was the beginning.
But the real relationship...
started six months ago.
I trained you all wrong.
Like Grandma said,
we shouldn't be nice to those beneath us.
You dare try to take my fiancée?
I'm beneath you?
I "dared" to?
You're just another rich punk.
If we exclude our friendship, what's left...
is our class.
Did you forget who Se Young is?
She's my fiancée and she's out of your reach!
Because your grandmother set you up,
you were forced to date her and you did so unwillingly.
You said engagements mean nothing to people in your circle.
You said you'd marry Se Young...
but love other people.
Then whether Se Young dates or loves other people...
shouldn't bother you like it didn't before.
But because she chose me,
you're angry?
Why is it you? Why is it Se Young?
The fact that she's your fiancée tormented me the most.
I should've run away or pushed her away.
But strangely enough, I wanted her even more.
Se Young loves me, not you.
That goes for me too.
What a joke.
Love?
It's lust and greed.
The desire to take someone else's man or woman!
That's love too!
Once you see the person, you want to touch, steal,
and keep them to yourself!
Ji Ho.
Are we even friends now?
- Will you play soccer with your friends? - Yes.
Show them how good you are.
- You can do it. - I can do it.
Auntie. Where are you going?
Han Byeol, shall we take the school bus today?
- Okay. - Let's go.
Goodness. How much did you drink last night?
What's wrong? Are you hurt?
Were you?
I'll be fine in a few days.
What...
- Hey. - Is this how you pay us back?
You can't barge in and spew nonsense out of the blue.
You stay out of it or I'll bury you alive!
Goodness.
I should've asked point blank,
grabbed you by the collar and hair...
and sued you for conning us under the pretext of marriage.
But Hye Soo bawled her eyes out and told me not to.
So I held back and it was darn hard to.
But then I saw it for myself yesterday evening.
Kang Ji Ho, you...
You were seeing someone else?
Auntie!
What are you doing here?
Were you three all aware of this?
I was left in the dark?
Was it her? The girl you said was your friend. Is it her?
Ji Ho and I are done for good!
She clung to Ji Ho like she was slathered in super glue.
He couldn't help it.
Oh, my goodness...
What are you doing? Stand up.
Why would a prosecutor go on his knees...
I'm so sorry.
I've made up my mind.
Hye Soo...
and to you and Han Byeol, I can beg for forgiveness,
but it'll never be enough, I know that.
If I could pluck out my heart and do something to it to change things,
believe me, I'd love to.
But I can't.
My gosh.
What happens now?
Oh, dear.
(Seoul District Prosecutor's Office)
Forget the usual puer tea and get me a double espresso.
Se Young, you like melons, don't you?
Thanks, Dad.
You should take it slow.
Your health keeps our family going.
I have a lot on my mind now that the investigation's coming to a close.
Did you end it with Ji Ho?
Yes, Dad.
Then you won't care if he were to die...
kneeling in my office, begging.
Ji Ho's on his knees?
What is it?
What? He's still there?
- Mom. - I know.
However it started off,
right now, you love Ji Ho.
No.
It was bad of me.
Like you said, if I were going to marry In Ha, I should've stayed loyal.
If I had, it wouldn't hurt so much right here.
Se Young.
It'll get better in time.
For a few days, you'll think you'll die.
Then you'll slowly grow numb.
You'll remember only sometimes,
and then it'll fade away like an old photo does.
Was it like that for you too?
That's how I felt about your dad.
Right now,
I barely remember his face.
Are you happy now with Dad?
Of course I am. Very much so.
Will I be happy with In Ha too?
Will I be punished for wishing for that?
It's not wrong to wish to be happy.
It's natural.
In Ha will soon see...
just how adorable and sweet you are.
Here's my decision.
I can't...
accept you as my daughter's suitor.
Se Young decided to do as I wish.
She's quite a liar.
Who do you think she lied to? Her father...
or her lover?
Would a liar...
lie just once?
Do you know...
Se Young wants to marry In Ha?
You still want to stay on the special investigation?
Whether it be my wife or the chairwoman,
what do you stand to gain?
I will gain Se Young.
How am I so sure?
I know In Ha.
Now that his fiancée loves another man...
who happens to be me of all people,
there's no way he'll marry her.
Wrap up the investigation fast.
And decide who to take down.
Your conclusion...
will help me decide whether to keep you with me or not.
Did you...
put me in charge of the investigation not because you believed in me,
but because you needed a fall guy?
If you do well,
it's because I taught you well.
If you do poorly, it's because you wanted to stand out.
Me?
I hope it's the former.
(Seoul District Prosecutor's Office, Room 701, Prosecutor Kang Ji Ho)
Why do you fear Mother so much?
My mother's much scarier than you think.
I get that. Her presence is enough to suffocate you.
Her people are never allowed to make a single mistake.
But still, if you do well, she rewards you just as much.
I took the fall for the company slush fund.
- What? - The paintings in Cheonha Gallery.
They're gifted to politicians...
and then bought back a few years later at four times the price.
- So what? - That was done in my name.
- What? - The special investigation.
She'll use that to get rid of me first.
No way.
My mom will save you and In Ha...
and kill me.
Honey. That's impossible.
Why would Mother kill you?
What's wrong?
Honey, the brakes aren't working.
- Why wouldn't they? - I don't know!
No, watch out, honey, no!
The special investigation on Cheonha Group.
You must want me to hold Ms. Seol responsible.
What if I do?
If I were to do that,
what would you give me?
(Game of Witches)
Aren't you sick of putting on a show?
Se Young? Did that seem like a show?
You'll really go and marry her?
Se Young will never give up on In Ha.
Se Young won't marry In Ha. More like she can't.
I'll see to that.
I'm Kang Ji Ho from Seoul District Prosecutor's Office.
Cheonha Group's Executive Director Seol Yu Gyeong...
is being subpoenaed for questioning as a witness...
to the creation and management of a slush fund.
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