Vicky confronts Ryan after learning he paid $200,000 to a woman to trap Zack, exposing Zack's insincere love. Ryan insists he truly loves Vicky and wants to be her man, revealing he is the heir to the powerful Seymour Group, not the Evans family as she believes. He warns that revealing his identity now could get him kicked out of the Evans family. Meanwhile, Ryan gathers evidence of Zack’s affair to expose it publicly, intending to break Vicky’s engagement. The episode ends with Ryan determined to protect Vicky while planning the public fallout.