Before marrying into Cole Hart's family, which is in a faraway city, Ruth Fyre makes a promise with him to take turns spending the New Year holidays in each set of parents' homes. But for the next four years, Cole keeps coming up with excuses to stop Ruth from returning to her hometown. At one point, he even claims that he's used 800 thousand dollars' worth of wedding gifts to buy Ruth's life and freedom. Cole's true personality shatters Ruth's heart. What will she do now?