After her mother's death, Kate was adopted by her aunt Mader. Aunt Mader took care of Kate's life, arranging for her to attend social banquets in London to plan for her to find a rich and powerful husband.
But Kate, like her mother, fell in love with Merton, a small journalist with only a meager income. As soon as they have time, they will meet on a date.
Aunt Mader controls Kate's life and decides her future. She would not allow Kate and Merton to marry.
This sneaky meeting made Merton feel tired. More than once he wanted to tell Aunt Mader directly that he was going to marry Kate. Kate Emmerton, she couldn't leave Merton, but she couldn't defy Aunt Mad either.
After meeting Lord Mark at the banquet, he pursues Kate. Their union was tacitly approved by Aunt Mader. She arranged every date between Kate and Lord Mark.
In order not to make her aunt suspicious, Kate relented Tormerton again and again. Merton knew that Kate was with another man, but there was nothing he could do. In the countless times of waiting, he became more and more angry.
Merton wants to keep Kate in his apartment for one night in order to force Aunt Mader to agree to their marriage. Even if it was just to let Kate sleep quietly in bed, Kate would never risk her high-society reputation. She will definitely be penniless and discredited because of this scandal. And Merton will slowly abandon her over time.
Kate wanted to leave Aunt Mader. She wanted to marry Merton. Hesitant, Kate travels to the slums of London to find her father, who has the same problem as Merton. The father advised his daughter to dispel this idea. When they don't have the money to sustain love, Merton has to steal in order to survive, just as he once did. Kate's mother chose him for love, and she paid it back with her life.
Kate is a deal between Aunt Mader and her father. Aunt Mader hires a lawyer to rescue her father from prison, and then promises to pay him a monthly living expenses in exchange for Kate's guardianship rights.
She knew Merton and their secret date in Hyde Park and the Fleet Street Bar. Even Merton's little house of Soho, she knew. She warns Kate that if she sees Merton again, she will not be responsible for Kate's life and will no longer provide any financial support to her father. Under pressure from Aunt Mader, she did not see Merton again for three months.
Kate began to try to stay more with Lord Mark. At a banquet, they met a million-dollar rich Woman millie in the United States. Kate and Millie became inseparable friends after that banquet.
In order to meet Kate, Merton attends their banquet through friends. Kate was deeply hurt by Aunt Mader. She and Merton couldn't do anything but bide their time.
Lord Mark privately invited Millie to his home, and he was not the object of Millie's admiration. After the banquet, Millie falls in love with Kate's boyfriend Merton.
Millie has a million possessions but is suffering from an incurable disease. After coming to London, she has been treating at the Sir Kolukster Clinic in Radiology.
Lord Mark inquired about Millie's physical condition through his friends in New York. After a drink, he tells Kate that he loves her, but he needs Millie's money. He's going to marry Millie, and after Millie dies, after he gets her inheritance, he'll get back together with Kate.
Hearing lord Mark's news about Millie's physical condition, Kate remembered that she had seen Millie in the radiology department and that she had always been coughing during the night. She was increasingly convinced that Millie's life was running out.
The next day, she invited Millie, Susan, and Merton to the restaurant at the same time. She offers to visit Venice with Millie and Susan. Millie invites Merton with her, but he refuses.
Millie's physical condition was getting worse. Kate wrote a letter to Merton inviting him to come to Venice as soon as possible.
Millie Emerton, Kate constantly creates opportunities for Millie and Merton to stay together. With Merton's company, Millie's mood became more cheerful. But she still fainted on an outing.
Merton learned from Kate that Millie was terminally ill. Perhaps the trip to Venice will be their last journey with Millie.
Merton was no longer as cold to Millie as he had been before. He became more considerate, more caring, more gentle to her. The rapid development of the relationship with Merton made Millie forget the pain of the disease.
Kate could not accept staying in Venice. Watching loved ones and friends kiss and make love every day, she would break down. Moreover, she was in Venice and became a hindrance to Millie and Merton. She bids farewell to Millie and returns to London.
Millie Emerton. If Millie dies and Merton becomes the heir to her estate, he will be freed from the poverty of the little journalist. This plan will be a turning point in their relationship, both for Merton and Kate. They will no longer have to be sneaky, and Aunt Mad will not object to their marriage.
After Kate left, Merton tried several times to end the plan and leave Venice. The luggage was packed and put back in place. Kate writes to Merton, hoping that he will try to associate with Millie, but she is also anxious about their growing relationship. Even Merton himself found that he had unconsciously fallen in love with the simple, warm and kind Millie.
"My dearest Kate, everything I do is for you. It's just that it's getting harder every day. She was energetic, more energetic than anyone I knew. ”
Kate cares about the plan, but soon she will lose Merton, who is working with her on the plan. She made sacrifices for love, but facilitated their union.
Kate revealed everything about her and Merton to Lord Mark, and she knew that Lord Mark would certainly take the opportunity to slander Merton in front of Millie. Then her purpose was achieved.
Merton felt increasingly strange to Kate. It was Kate who initiated and terminated the plan, and he was just a tool for her to achieve her goals.
Until Millie knew the truth, Merton didn't have to be so direct to his heart. When he knew that Millie knew the truth, but was still willing to believe him for love, he felt even more guilty.
Millie is gone. Merton attended her funeral. After the funeral, he returned to his apartment in London. One rainy night, Kate arrives at Merton's residence. Merton had been back in London for two weeks, but had not been in contact with her.
He questioned why Kate had exposed everything to Lord Mark. Kate was too worried about losing Merton.
Merton gets Millie's possessions, but Kate also loses Merton forever.