If you’ve ever wanted to wear club gear to a meeting with a toxic mother-in-law just to watch her head explode, Gigi is officially your new Roman Empire.
Catch up: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8
“I wondered why you’d have such a fancy birthday party. Was it to propose?” Helen asks, her excitement bubbling over as they sit at the table.
To be fair, Mino was a little surprised by the drones and fireworks, too.
Gigi smiles at him and lies through her teeth, telling him she would have been happy with a cheaper event.
Mino throws a suspicious glance her way. She didn’t know anything, right?
He’d been browsing the secondhand market for proposal decorations until the prices made his eyes water. That’s when Jay stepped in, offering a company villa as “consolation” for the whole Mr. Abusive drama.
In Mino’s head, it’s just a generous HR move. He thinks Jay is a fool who doesn’t understand women. After all, Gigi only loves him.
Little does he know, Jay is orchestrating the kind of luxury proposal Gigi deserved, just to save her from another night of Nutella-on-toast.
The smile in the water
Later, by the silent pier, Sue approaches, playing the “cute friend” card. She wants forgiveness for the years of lies but Gigi pulls away.
She hasn’t forgiven Sue, and she doesn’t want to.
As Gigi starts walking away, Sue yells her name. She’s hovering at the edge of the water. She can’t swim—Gigi knows this.
Then, a splash.
Jay, who has been watching the pier like a hawk, rushes down. He finds both women wet and gasping.
Inside the villa, Gigi tells everyone that Sue was drunk and slipped. But once they’re alone, Gigi collapses into her hot cocoa.
“She jumped,” Gigi whispers to Jay. “She didn’t slip. She grabbed my arm and tried to drag me down. And Jay… she was smiling.”
Sue didn’t just want to die; she wanted Gigi to go first. Jay reaches out, grounding Gigi’s fisted, shaking hand in his.
If Sue is playing this dirty, it’s because she realizes Gigi is no longer an easy target.
The spectacle begins
Back at the office, Gigi is flashing the engagement ring like it’s a weapon.
“Why tell everyone if you’re going to call it off?” Jay asks on the rooftop.
Because when the tower falls, Gigi wants the crash to be deafening. She’s meeting Mino’s parents this weekend, and she’s planned a masterpiece of a spectacle.
It starts with a cooking class. Sue “unexpectedly” invites Gigi to the same class her future mother-in-law attends.
In the past, this woman treated Gigi like a kitchen slave. This time, Gigi shows up, flashes her stellar skills, and makes the older woman chew on her own doubts.
Mino’s mom thinks women belong in the kitchen? Gigi ensures she overhears how her “husband” would only eat every two days unless he cooks.
The woman tries to belittle her? Gigi’s food is so perfect there’s no room for an insult.
It’s the ultimate petty revenge. Using the skills you were forced to learn against the woman who forced you to learn them.
Then comes the “gift” from Sue: a pair of red shoes. The exact same ones Sue was wearing when Gigi found her in bed with Mino.
Receipt of these is a gut-punch, but it only fuels the fire.
The shopping spree from hell
Gigi meets Mino at the mall to shop for the big “Meet the Parents” outfit. She uses his pride against him, picking out the most expensive clothes and bags in the building.
In the past, she’d been too “nice” to spend his money when he was struggling.
Why? He would’ve spent it on another woman anyway.
This time, every swipe of the card is a tiny bit of healing. Watching the price tags “legitimately cripple” Mino’s heart is just a bonus.
During a coffee break, Ernie calls. Mino, recognizing the name of a fine-dining chef, grabs the phone and demands that Ernie host the family meeting.
Ernie is floored—he didn’t even know Gigi was getting married.
He calls her back later. “Congratulations on your wedding. I’ll host it. You were my first love, let me do this for you.”
The grandfather and the truth
Jay heads straight from the airport to his grandfather’s hospital wing.
Chairman Yoo is unimpressed. He thinks Arya is ten times better than Gigi and accuses Jay of being a “fool in love” who wasted company drones on a girl who’s already taken.
Jay doesn’t fight back. He’s thinking about the life he missed after he died in 2023.
He takes his grandfather’s hand and tells him he loves him—a sudden burst of vulnerability that leaves the old man speechless.
Later, Jay waits outside Gigi’s house. He admits he didn’t come for “work.” He came because he missed her.
“I told myself I wouldn’t just take it anymore,” Gigi explains. “Getting them to marry is just the process. In the end, I have to be happy. I have to meet friends like you.”
Jay holds out his hand. “Get Mino to marry Sue and be happy, Gigi.”
The eagle wings and the final flip
The day arrives. Mino is at the restaurant, pacing and agitated. Then, Gigi walks in.
She’s dressed for a club, not a family dinner. Dark leather shorts, black knee-high boots, a strapless feathered shirt, and heavy eyeliner.
“Mother, Father, it’s nice to meet you,” she says with a smile that doesn’t reach her eyes.
Mino’s mom starts in immediately: “I heard you lack home discipline.”
Gigi doesn’t flinch. She reveals her mother had an affair and left when she was 14.
Mino and his mom practically choke on their water.
“What’s with the eagle wings?” Mino hisses, looking at her feathered shirt. “Where are the clothes I bought you?”
Gigi raises her designer bag so his mom can see the price tag. “He’s so sweet,” she chirps. “He bought me everything.”
The meal goes downhill fast. Mino’s mom starts laying out the “rules”: Feed your man. Don’t let him in the kitchen. Have three or four kids. Get your uterus checked.
“Why would I work, Mother?” Gigi asks. “To serve Mino and raise four kids, I won’t have a second to breathe.”
But the breaking point comes when the woman insults Gigi’s father, calling him a disappointment.
Gigi stands up. “This wedding is off.”
She tells the woman her son isn’t that great and that someone else’s child is just as precious. “Listen carefully: it’s not you, it’s me calling this off.”
She storms out, a genuine smile finally hitting her face. Mino follows her, grabbing her shoulder.
As soon as his hand touches her, Gigi doesn’t hesitate. She turns, catches him off-guard, and uses every bit of her Judo training to flip him onto the grass.
The audience—Mino’s parents and Ernie—can only gasp. The “nice girl” is officially gone.
