Sarah Kim learned about luxury brands working customer service in an elite department store. But when a costly mistake at work leaves her desperate for money, she begins a string of fraud, deception, and get-rich quick schemes to pay off her debts and eventually begin her own handbag company. And thanks to a few friends in the right places and quickly spred rumors, her company, called Boudoir, becomes one of the most sought-after brands among fashion’s elite.

But when her body shows up in the sewers below the department store where it all started, it seems that her luck has finally run out. Until she walks into the police department and agrees to be questioned by Park Mu Gyeong, the detective in charge of her murder. And as she retells her life story, she will be faced with the choice of proving she is not dead or saving the company she gave everything to create.

Sarah Kim is socially savvy and quick on her feet. And by the time she meets Mu Gyeong, she is willing to be absolutely transparent about all she has done to get where she is.  But in the end she is willing to sacrifrice herself for one last lie to make it possible for Boudoir to live on without her. Shin Hae Sun was great in this role. She captures the essence of social confidence balanced with a haunting vulnerability. I always enjoy her dramas, but this one really allowed her to show off a complex array of emotions and personas.

Park Mu Gyeong is a hard-working detective who is assigned the Sarah Kim murder case. He is determined to find the cruel person who murdered her and left her laying in a sewer. But as he investigates who might want to kill the successful designer, he discovers a web of lies that go all the way back to Sarah Kim’s true identity. And the more they discover about her past, the less they know about who she really was.

Mu Gyeong is shocked after working on the case for days, to have Sarah suddenly show up at the Police Station, very much alive. And as he questions her and listens to her story, he begins putting the pieces into place. But Sarah suddenly changes her story and says she is not actually Sarah, but Kim Mi Jeong, a runaway who became the chief designer of Boudoir bags and had been impersonating Sarah for some time. And although Mu Gyeong was sure Sarah was lying, he didn’t have any proof. In the end, he is left with the choice of charging Sarah, as Mi Jeong, for the death of Sarah Kim, or risking Sarah walking away due to lack of evidence.

Park Mu Gyeong has always been more concerned with doing what is right and finding out the truth than being recognized for his success. Because of that, he has been passed over for promotions and ignored by those above him. But through this case, he learns that sometimes the path of rigid proof is not always the best option.  I always enjoy Lee Jun Hyuk, and he plays this kind of stubbornly righteous legal character well. It would have been nice to see a bit more development for his character, but I loved the natural chemistry and undercurrent between him and Shin Hae Sun.

Jung Yeo Jin is the CEO of the luxury cosmetic brand Nox. Sarah befriends Yeo Jin and persuades her to invest in Boudoir through a joint venture. She is the one the police ask to identify Sarah’s body, but later Mu Gyeong watches the footage to reveal that their relationship was much more hostile than Yeo Jin had let on.

Choi Chae U is the Chairwoman of Samwol Department Store. She is the one who is responsible for punishing Sarah when she worked as a clerk for the store. Later Sarah convinces her own boyfriend, Kang Ji Hwon, to get close to Choi Chae U as a way to get revenge.

Hong Seong Sin is a wealthy loan shark that Sarah meets while working as a bar and party hostess. When Sarah finds out that Seong Sin needs a kidney transplant, she begs him to let her donate for a fee. The pair even enter into a contractual marriage so that Sarah will be eligible as a donor.