Heiress Chusui sees her charmed existence obliterated when her envious foster sister frames her for a heinous murder. Rather than defending her, childhood sweetheart Hanye believes the fabricated evidence and becomes her most ruthless tormentor. Stripped of her noble heritage and dignity, Chusui is relegated to living in a cold dog kennel, enduring brutal physical punishment and relentless psychological abuse at his hands.
Chusui survives the unending humiliation by numbing every sensation of love, letting her soul turn entirely to stone. When indisputable surveillance footage finally reveals the foster sister's treachery, Hanye collapses to his knees in wild despair. His frantic tears and desperate pleas for forgiveness come far too late to resurrect a heart he systematically destroyed.
