Wrong Vows, Right Goodbye EP.38

Evelyn, a top cardiac researcher, fell in love with Adrian, interim CEO of Mercer Medical Group, and has been married to him for six years. She devoted a full 19 years to developing a highly valuable treatment to suppress pediatric transplant rejection, and for that achievement she was set to become head of the Cardiac Research Division. But her husband Adrian single-handedly overturns the board's unanimous decision and hands the position to his first love, Vanessa. After that, Adrian kept favoring only Vanessa, who had returned from abroad after a divorce. He stole Evelyn's research results and passed them off as Vanessa's achievements, and even siphoned off company funds to support her. He ignored Evelyn's grievances every time, took her patience for natural obedience, and believed that, having the secure status of a wife, she must yield unconditionally. The repeated betrayals and humiliations finally exhausted all of Evelyn's love. She is robbed of credit for her research at a party, her husband stays at Vanessa's side while she is hospitalized, he even gives Vanessa the family jewel handed down for generations, and then she witnesses their secret messages. At that moment, Evelyn shuts her heart completely. Outwardly playing an obedient, understanding wife, Evelyn secretly gathers all the evidence. She secures her research manuscripts, the board's voting records, recordings and videos proving their affair, and materials on the misuse of company funds. At the same time, she accepts the high-paying position of head of translational medicine research offered by rival Northstar Bio and prepares for divorce proceedings. At the major donor announcement dinner, Vanessa planned to go on stage, take Evelyn's research as her own and receive all the praise. But Evelyn remotely takes control of the venue's giant screen in advance and reveals all the decisive evidence. After exposing the truth of their affair, research fraud and embezzlement in full, she even files for divorce online and leaves with her head held high. Even afterward, Adrian and Vanessa relentlessly pressure Evelyn. Adrian tries to win her back with the bait of reconciliation and a title, and even his mother steps in to force Evelyn to yield. Vanessa spreads malicious rumors about the affair and even goes to harass Evelyn's mother. As the scandal grows, the two begin to suspect each other and finally become enemies. In arbitration and in court, Evelyn wins on the strength of perfect evidence and recovers all her research patents. Mercer Medical is heavily penalized for fraud and embezzlement, and its stock price plunges. Executives leave the company one after another, and with Vanessa's fake title revoked, her career in the industry collapses completely. Meanwhile, Julian, president of Northstar, had always respected Evelyn and recognized her research ability. He never demanded that she sacrifice herself to please others, and he stood by her side consistently in many moments of crisis. Freed from the collapsed marriage and her wounds, Evelyn freely pursues her research dream on a new stage. Gradually letting go of the pain of the past, she comes to accept Julian's sincere heart. One year later, Evelyn, with a successful career and a happy family, happens to run into Adrian and Vanessa, who have fallen miserably and are blaming each other. Even in the face of her ex-husband's regret and pleas for reconciliation, Evelyn calmly lets go of old grudges and bids a full farewell to her wretched past. Now, holding her career, respect and true love in her hands, she begins a new life, bound to no one.