So Ji-hyun takes the devil's bargain, agreeing to work as Min-ho's new housekeeper. She's not giving up this opportunity to dig around about the shady business Min-ho's up to. From the snippets of conversations she's overheard, she knows he's planning something, and that her father's company is at risk.
She agrees so easily that Min-ho's surprised - he was anticipating a fight, even angling for one, since that's the only way he's been able to engage Yi-kyung at all. He gives her his address and she agrees to meet him there the next morning.
He drives away vowing, "We'll just see how long you look at me with that glare, Song Yi-kyung." Ji-hyun watches him go, understanding that he's the type of small-hearted man who can't abide being ignored, and that he's determined to crush her - er, Yi-kyung, the only woman who has ever presented a challenge.
Kang tells Manager Oh that he sent Yi-kyung away and doesn't regret it in the least, oh no, he feels nothing AT ALL. Manager Oh doesn't seem to believe him, but he's got another matter to press upon Kang: He has recommended him as an architect for a cafe/gallery project, because Kang has washed his hands of the Haemido resort project and needs a little prodding to get back to work.
Meanwhile, Ji-hyun has lined up an appointment with a friend (under a false name) to resume her Three Tears Project, only to find that the friend has gotten held up at work. She gets blown off, and Ji-hyun's miffed at her friend's easy dismissal.
Starving, she stops for a bite to eat and sighs over the small portion. Given that Ji-hyun's abnormally large appetite wasn't well-received by Yi-kyung's body last time, it seems ill-advised that she orders a second helping. However, she's spurred by the memory of the doctor warning her to stay away from noodles, and the worry that Yi-kyung's going to persist in her steady diet of instant ramyun.
That day, she comes home early to let her body rest, and Yi-kyung awakens earlier than usual. She darts out of the house to a nearby store to use the phone, apologizing to her boss for being ill the day before. Unfortunately, he gives her some bad news.
Kang meets with his new prospective client, but is immediately put off by the man's attitude and rejects the job offer flatly. As he leaves the meeting, he spies Yi-kyung hurrying to the store, and for a moment he seems ready to go after her - which would be GREAT, given the confusion that would ensue - but finally decides against it.
The almost-encounter gives him difficulty sleeping that night, though, as he thinks back to how he fired Yi-kyung, and how she left without taking his money.
Yi-kyung returns home glumly and sleeps through the night, having lost her job, while Ji-hyun hovers over her worriedly. When morning comes, Ji-hyun's in a panic because Yi-kyung is now awake - and that means Ji-hyun can't take over and meet Min-ho for her new job.
The Scheduler shows up to tell her exasperatedly that this is Ji-hyun's fault for getting Yi-kyung sick and thus fired. She was given permission by the Powers That Be to use Yi-kyung's body - provided she not harm the body, and that she worked around the human's life, not the other way around.
With Yi-kyung's schedule now out of whack, Ji-hyun won't be able to predict when Yi-kyung falls asleep. The Scheduler warns her to stick close by, lest she lose her opportunity.
That means that Min-ho is left waiting for her at home, growing increasingly angry at being stood up. He shows up for work late, where In-jung suggests that they lunch together, only to be turned down coldly. She's hurt, but he reminds her that they've always played their parts at the office, even when nobody's around.
So now it's time to find out how they met, as a flashback takes us back a few years:
In-jung had been walking through the neighborhood at night, talking on the phone with her mother, when she'd been grabbed by a couple of thugs and shoved into their car. Min-ho, returning from one of his frequent hiking trips, had seen her screaming and struggling and run after the car. He'd rescued her from her kidnappers and seen to her safety, after which he'd walked her home, and they'd exchanged names and numbers.
