An arranged match becomes a showdown when Lauren is told her father chose billionaire Mr. Walker and she is ordered to marry him. Lauren refuses, declares she has nothing to do with the Wayne family, and is insulted as an "illegitimate girl." Relatives call for punishment and summon a whip, and someone shouts, "Don't you dare touch her!" At that moment Ethan unexpectedly returns after years away; relatives scold him and try to shut him out while Lauren is bullied and her face is hurt. The episode ends with someone asking, "Your face. Who did it?"