Hold Me Tight

Nam Hyun Joo is happily married to construction designer, Kim Do Young, and they also have a daughter together. One day, she receives a call from the hospital, asking her to return the next day. Knowing that her mother suffered from a brain tumor, she becomes nervous. To make matters worse, her husband's ex comes back from the States and asks to meet with her.

Hyun Joo goes back to the hospital and meets Jang Seok Joon, a renowned doctor. He treats her rather coldly and admits that he misdiagnosed her. Broken, Hyun Joo refuses to receive treatment and walks out. Meanwhile, Do Young attends a press conference for the new construction project. There, he meets someone whom he least expected to encounter.

Do Young tells Hyun Joo that he won't take the job, but Hyun Joo thinks him taking the offer is the only way he can protect his family. Do Young reviews the contract he received from JQ and gets a bad feeling about it. Meanwhile, Hyun Joo goes to the hospital for the tests.

Da Hye tells Do Young why she came to him. Do Young is willing to go through anything it takes to protect his family. Meanwhile, Seok Joon realizes why he is so obsessed with treating Hyun Joo.

Over the phone, Hyun Joo tells Do Young that she is in love with someone. However, she knows that he will not believe her. Seok Joon keeps trying to convince her to get the surgery, but she won’t listen to him. When he asks her whether she really loves her husband so much, Hyun Joo tells him that when she had nowhere to go, Do Young took her in.

Da Hye and Do Young meet. Da Hye asks him whether he loved her at all, to which Do Young nods. She tells him that the first thing she did when she went to the States was undergo an abortion. Meanwhile, Hyun Joo is terrified that she may have given the tumor to her daughter as well.

Do Young wakes up in Da Hye's bed and has a flashback of what happened the night before. When he goes to work, his partner tells him that it's time for a change. Meanwhile, Da Hye is trying everything she can to control Do Young.

Hyun Joo wants to tell Do Young that she wants some time alone. She thinks it's best to let him go before she dies in order to make everyone happy. Yet, she doesn't want Do Young to ever find out the real reason why she's leaving him.

Hyun Joo continuously and cold-heartedly asks Do Young for a divorce. Do Young tries his best to persuade her but fails every time. She then tells him that she always wondered why he broke up with Da Hye and came to her, saying it wasn't because of love that he married her. Meanwhile, Seok Joon tells Hyun Joo about a very good news.

While eating together, Hee Joon tells Do Young that Da Hye is a much better pick than Hyun Joo. He then asks why Do Young decided to get married to Hyun Joo when Da Hye was his first love. However, he cannot answer. Mean-while, Hyun Joo and Saet Byul have a date outside. While running around a carousel, Saet Byul loses sight of Hyun Joo only to find her collapsed on the floor.

Do Young tells Hyun Joo that he doesn't want a divorce. In order to set him free, Hyun Joo tells him a lie. To be with Do Young, Da Hye pushes the project through.

Do Young calls and asks Hyun Joo one last time. Heartbroken, he goes to see Da Hye. Hyun Joo gets admitted to the hospital and waits for her treatment. To Seok Joon, Hyun Joo asks if he can keep one promise.

Hyun Joo finds out that her father, Jin Tae, did not pressure her late mother to receive surgery. She feels guilty for having thought so and for blaming him all along. He tells her that the reason why her mother decided to receive surgery was so that there would be hope for Hyun Joo if she were to suffer from the same illness.

Hyun Joo discharges herself from the hospital without Seok Joon's knowing. He searches for her but fails to find her. Meanwhile, Da Hye invites Do Young over for dinner and tells him that it is her birthday. Right before they're about to open a bottle of wine, Do Young receives a call from Hong Sook and finds out that Hyun Joo has gone missing. Da Hye urges him to go.

Da Hye promises Do Young that she will not leave him again. Seok Joon visits Hyun Joo at her house, wanting to talk about what happened the other night. Hyun Joo asks him to operate on her before she changes her mind.

After spending the day with Saet Byul, Do Young comes home to find Hyun Joo gone. Seok Joon's car breaks down, and he decides to scrap it. When Do Young goes to work the next day, he starts the project over with a new design.

Seok Joon explains to Hyun Joo why he is in so much pain these days. He tells her that he no longer sees her simply as a patient of his, but as a woman. In return, Hyun Joo tells him that she always wanted to experience a kind of love that would take her breath away. Meanwhile, before leaving for New York, Choi Joon visits Do Young and takes a look at his design.

Jin Tae tells Do Young that Hyun Joo is dying from the same illness that took her mother's life away. Immediately upon hearing this, Do Young is utterly shocked and does not know how to react. However, he does promise that he will pretend not to know about it. Meanwhile, Hyun Joo and Seok Joon watch the sunset together, and he confesses that he has loved her ever since they first met.

The hospital director gives Hyun Joo a ride, and the two end up having coffee together. He offers Hyun Joo a piece of advice, telling her how much of a miracle she is. That night, Saet Byul, Hyun Joo, and Do Young sit around the dinner table and have dinner together.

Do Young comes back after spending the day with Saet Byul. Hyun Joo tells him to stop using the child as an excuse to come visit her, and Do Young tells her about the time he saw her with Seok Joon. The next day, Do Young goes to see Seok Joon.

Seok Joon’s father-in-law tells him that the way Seok Joon’s trying to cure Hyun Joo is delusional; Seok Joon acknowledges this. He is told to take care of himself and be happy first before treating his patients. Meanwhile, Saet Byul and Jin Tae visit Seok Joon for an MRI test. When Seok Joon asks her if she understands why she is getting examined, she tells him that it is for her mother's sake.

Connie hears from Young Geun that Raymond is in Seoul and goes to a hotel to meet him. While drinking at the hotel bar together, Raymond tells her that she can choose either Do Young’s contract or receive a part of the company’s shares, but not both. Connie swears that she will have both no matter what it takes. However, Young Geun suddenly mentions her past and makes Connie anxious.

Seok Joon is torn between what he wants to do and what he has to do. He meets with Do Young and is surprised at what Do Young tells him. Do Young tells him that he no longer has feelings left for Hyun Joo. He tells him that the person Hyun Joo needs is not him, but Seok Joon. With those words, he hands Seok Joon an envelope. Meanwhile, it's the day of Do Young’s big presentation, and Connie is determined to make him succeed and bring him to New York.

Hyun Joo asks Seok Joon to take her away. Together, they go to the beach. Hyun Joo admits that in these last moments of life, all she wishes is to be with Seok Joon when she takes her last breath. When Do Young sees how dis-tressed Saet Byul is over her mom not coming home, he comforts her. He goes to their home and find the notebook where Hyun Joo used to write in. He's re-minded of the good times they had together.

Connie gets the construction contract from Raymond and hands it over to Do Young. She tells him to drop by his place to tell Hyun Joo about the good news and to see her for the last time. Upon seeing Hyun Joo, Do Young asks if they can start all over. However, she tells him that if they did so, that would mean that he has just used Da Hye.

Hyun Joo tells Do Young that she is going to Bali, and he mentions that that's the place they promised to go together when they grew old. She asks whether he would like to go there with her, but he tells her that he will not sacrifice his contract with JQ just to go to Bali with her. Meanwhile, right when Hyun Joo is about to receive a call from Seok Joon, she feels dizzy and collapses.

Hyun Joo is brought to the hospital. Seok Joon tells her that he will go to Bali with her, but she has to overcome her illness to do so. Do Young hears that Da Hye got into trouble because of his contract with JQ. Meanwhile, Do Young overhears Hyun Joo talking to Seok Joon at the hospital.

Jin Tae, Hong Sook, and Saet Byul go visit Hyun Joo at the hospital. However, Jin Tae becomes worried as Hyun Joo shows a slight symptom of dementia. Da Hye returns from the US and looks for Do Young as soon as she arrives. How-ever, what Do Young Hears from Da Hye is not what he had expected.

Da Hye gives her brother the registration certificate of her own house. He acts nonchalantly but is more than thrilled to receive it. Meanwhile, Hyun Joo leaves the hospital to go home before going to Bali. Seok Joon takes her to the place where his late wife’s ashes were thrown. There, he tells her about the memories he shared with Hye Kyung, and Hyun Joo is humiliated and upset.

Before leaving for the US, Da Hye meets with Hyun Joo. She tells her that she was never able to steal Do Young away from Hyun Joo. She confesses that she was always upset and angered by the fact that Do Young would choose Hyun Joo over her even though Hyun Joo had nothing to brag. She then asks Hyun Joo for a favor, to spare a spot for Do Young to return to.

Do Young goes to the airport to see Da Hye. Hyun Joo faints again, and Seok Joon comes to her house to take care of her. The next day, he tells her about the tickets to Bali.

Hyun Joo's father tells Do Young that he should come see Hyun Joo one last time before she leaves for Bali. Knowing why Hyun Joo made her past decisions, Do Young is reluctant to ask Hyun Joo to take him back. That night, Do Young goes to meet Hyun Joo.