This melodrama depicts the dangerous love affair between a housewife who has lost her place in her family and a young man who has been given a terminal diagnosis. Uhm Jung-hwa plays the ordinary housewife Oh Yeong-sim.
Ten years after marrying her first love, Yeong-sim endures her husband's cold attitude and her mother-in-law's harassment. Meanwhile, she meets a college student named Jeong-woo (Kim Nam-jin) by chance and becomes attracted to him. However, Jeong-woo is ill and has only a short time left to live. Through her encounter with Jeong-woo, Yeong-sim begins to search for a way to escape her suffocating marriage and live her own life.
Uhm Jung-hwa delicately portrays the complex inner world of a woman who appears innocent at first glance, yet is burdened with loneliness and is moved by new love. Her passionate performance as a down-to-earth housewife, overturning her previous urbane image, resonated with viewers. While dealing with the often-messy theme of infidelity, the film carefully portrays the characters' emotions and has been praised as a heartbreaking love story.