Queen of Ambition

Joo Da Hae and Ha Ryu are reunited after seven years of separation after growing up together in an orphanage. Determined to help her get into college, Ha Ryu does what it takes to protect and support her.

Da Hae and Ha Ryu move out together as she attends college and he works at a seedy bar to pay for her education.

To keep their past crime a secret, Da Hae moves to a condo by herself where she happens to be neighbors with Baek Do Hoon, the heir of her company.

When Da Hae is fired from the company, her ambitions only grow bigger. Suddenly, Do Hoon asks Da Hae to come with him to study abroad in America and she finds herself agreeing.

Da Hae returns to Korea with Do Hoon only to be discovered by Ha Ryu, who wonders what on earth has happened to his wife.

With her stepfather still buried in Bi Wol mountain, Da Hae must stop Do Kyung from constructing Leisure Town in the area where the body will eventually be discovered.

When Da Hae's stepfather's corpse is discovered at the construction site, Ha Ryu is arrested and charged with murder.

Found unconscious and malnourished, Da Hae is hospitalized and once again attached to Do Hoon.

Ha Ryu sets into motion an elaborate scheme that involves taking the identity of his twin brother, Jae Woong.

Ha Ryu goes into the next phase of his scheme, which involves confronting Da Hae face to face.

To postpone Da Hae and Do Hoon's wedding, Ha Ryu and Do Kyung pretend to be in love so they can get married first.

Seok Soo Jung comes closer to the truth of who Ha Ryu really is.

Ha Ryu tries to get hired as a consulting lawyer at Baek Hak Group to further his plan for revenge.

Da Hae schemes to take the Baek Hak Foundation's chairman position from Do Kyung in a bitter battle for power.

Ha Ryu pulls all the stops to prevent Da Hae from becoming the chairman of the Baek Hak Foundation.

After inexplicable actions, Da Hae's connections to the Baek Hak family become tenuous.

Though she is forced out of Baek Hak Group, Da Hae's treachery is far from over.

Da Hae joins forces with former mayor Seok Tae Il to make their way into the Blue House.

Ha Ryu races to find evidence that Da Hae was at the scene of the car explosion.

On his birthday, Ha Ryu's friends and family pay a visit to his birth father's home.

Da Hae moves relentlessly towards building Seok Tae Il's presidential campaign.

Ha Ryu releases a web comic chronicling the true story of Da Hae's rise to power, but will the public believe it?

Ha Ryu is called into the Blue House as an independent counselor to investigate allegations of corruption against the First Lady Joo Da Hae.

With the evidence in place for a full indictment, Ha Ryu completes his plot for revenge to finally hear an apology from Da Hae, but will she relent?