Ji Young Sun (Han Hye Sook), when she was very young, gave away her daughter Lee Ja Kyung (Yoon Jung Hee) after giving birth. She later remarries and creates a new family, but soon after, her husband dies leaving her behind with her stepson Gu Wang Mo (Lee Tae Gon) and daughter Gu Seul Ah (Lee Soo Kyung).
Lee Ja Kyung now grown, after being orphaned once again as a child by the passing of her foster parents, lives a life of loneliness and lack of love. Her birth mother Young Sun comes to find her, but in order to keep her daughter Ja Kyung by her side, tries to match her up with her stepson.
李子京的養母金培德不務正業好吃懶做,為了滿足養母的各種非分要求,李子京年紀輕輕就負債累累,為了還債,她在課餘時間找了一份化妝師的兼職,用以補貼家用。
在工作中,李子京結識了名為清河的演員,隨著時間的推移,兩人之間產生了真摯的感情,漸漸走到了一起,然而,清河的真實身份,竟然是金培德的弟弟。李子京和清河之間的戀情牽扯出了一段關於李子京身世的悲慘往事,當金培德得知這一切之後,便想方設法要將她和弟弟分開。李子京的親生母親一直在尋找女兒的踪跡,想要彌補自己曾經遺棄的的過錯。