Spooky in Love Episode 10 throws Gang-uk and Yeo-ri into a whirlwind of boardroom warfare, family secrets, and a shocking breakup request that closes out the hour. Between a nail-biting shareholders’ vote and a superstition that threatens to tear the couple apart, this episode packs in more emotional whiplash than almost anything we’ve seen so far in the series.
Singapore Diplomacy: Yeo-ri and Gang-uk Corner Se-in
The episode opens with Gang-uk meeting Yeo-ri in Singapore, where he hands over one of Dowon’s paintings that she’d asked him to retrieve from South Korea. It’s a small gesture, but it sets the tone for an episode built on favors, leverage, and old debts finally coming due. Hyeong-min calls in with Se-in’s location, and the couple heads straight there to make their case.
Yeo-ri doesn’t waste time. She asks Se-in directly to vote in her favor at the upcoming shareholders’ meeting so she can save Seina Hall, the building her late parents built. Se-in initially tries to dodge the request, insisting she wants to stay out of Yeo-ri’s family drama, but Yeo-ri isn’t playing fair here, and honestly, I don’t blame her. She brings up Se-in’s own conflict with her brother, and together with Gang-uk, offers a genuinely clever solution: they’ll help save Chaeum Artrion, the art gallery Se-in’s brother controls, by getting it declared a cultural heritage site. That designation would stop him from tearing it down to cover his debts.
Se-in appreciates the offer but still isn’t convinced Yeo-ri will actually hold onto her CEO seat, so she asks for more time. Yeo-ri hands her the folk painting from Dowon as a parting gift before they part ways. Meanwhile, on the other side of this chess match, Min-hwan is on the phone with someone, sounding awfully confident that Se-in will sign her shares over to him by the next morning. That confidence is going to bite him.
A Quiet Singapore Detour Before the Storm
With the shareholders’ meeting looming and Yeo-ri visibly stressed, Gang-uk pulls off a sweet distraction. Hyeong-min and Pil-dong ask him to bring back gifts from Singapore, giving him the perfect excuse to invite Yeo-ri shopping. The two spend the day wandering markets and trying out famous restaurants, and for a moment, the show lets them just be a couple instead of two people constantly putting out fires.
There’s a genuinely tender beat here: Gang-uk holds Yeo-ri’s hand while both of them wear gloves, a small workaround so her condition doesn’t pass onto him again. Back at her hotel, she thanks him with a hug and invites him in for tea. Their conversation drifts to Ji-hwan, and Yeo-ri recalls that he gave her a necklace before he drowned and said something else she can’t quite remember. That missing detail is clearly going to matter later.
Gang-uk tells her plainly that he doesn’t mind seeing ghosts if it means being with her, though Yeo-ri hates the idea of dragging him into more trouble. He kisses her and then, in a moment that’s more funny than romantic, passes out on the couch while she keeps working. They both end up falling asleep, and he wakes the next morning to bring back Korean takeout for breakfast. It’s a small domestic scene, but it lands.
Back in South Korea, the Reina Group shareholders gather for the vote that’s been building all episode. Chairwoman Baek doesn’t hold back, calling out Gye-hee directly for stabbing Yeo-ri in the back. Gye-hee, unbothered, tells her mother-in-law she was simply waiting for the right moment to shine. Before the vote, Ji-soo tells Yeo-ri that Se-in has sent a representative to cast her vote by proxy.
The shareholders vote on whether to dismiss Yeo-ri as CEO, and she wins by a single percentage point. One percent. That’s about as close as it gets, and it’s a genuinely tense sequence for a corporate drama subplot. Gye-hee publicly praises Yeo-ri’s win, but privately tells Dong-jun and Ha-ri to call her brother in so they can regroup and try again to bring Yeo-ri down. Yeo-ri, for her part, calls Se-in to thank her personally.
Min-hwan Digs Up Dirt, and It’s Bigger Than Expected
Min-hwan is furious about failing to unseat Yeo-ri, but his secretary hands him something far more useful: intel on Reina’s slush fund tied to the Cheon Art Gallery, which is managed by none other than Director Ok Gye-hee. Min-hwan learns Gye-hee used her brother, Prosecutor Ok Gye-dong, to smuggle paintings into the country in violation of import permits. He also discovers that Assemblyman Park Jin-dong, Seung-jae’s father, is tangled up with Gye-dong too.
Gye-hee, unaware Min-hwan already has this information, asks her brother to help take Yeo-ri down. Min-hwan then calls Gye-hee to propose teaming up instead, and later reveals his real endgame: he wants Reina Group to merge with CL Group by buying up Reina’s shares once a scandal tanks the stock price. It’s a cold, calculated plan, and it recontextualizes everything he’s been doing this episode.
At Reina Hotel, Yeo-ri thanks Manager Bong and Secretary Ji-soo for their support during the meeting, then hands Chairwoman Baek the flash drive containing evidence of Gye-hee’s slush fund. The pieces are all on the table now; it’s just a matter of who plays them first.
The Monkey-Year Superstition Blows Up in Gang-uk’s Face
Here’s where the episode takes a hard turn. At his house, Madam Paeng confronts Gang-uk for lying to her about Yeo-ri’s birth year. She reveals that Shaman Sim warned him to stay away from any woman born in the year of the monkey, a direct consequence of his heart transplant surgery. Gang-uk insists he doesn’t believe in this superstition, but Madam Paeng refuses to listen.
Undeterred, Gang-uk sneaks out to see Yeo-ri anyway. The two talk about the yacht accident, and Yeo-ri brings up the necklace again, saying she wants to finally figure out what happened that night. Gang-uk offers to track down the paramedic who was on duty and ask about the missing necklace.
The next day, he learns the paramedic has been transferred to a small village and is recovering at a local hospital. On their way to see him, Gang-uk spots Madam Paeng and tries to hide with Yeo-ri, but it’s too late. Madam Paeng calls him out directly and begs him to break off the engagement, invoking Shaman Sim’s warning again. Yeo-ri is blindsided, having had no idea Gang-uk had been hiding this from her. He reassures her he doesn’t believe any of it, and she offers to talk to Madam Paeng herself and explain that they genuinely love each other.
Shortly after, they finally reach the paramedic, who reveals that a member of Ji-hwan’s family picked up the necklace after the accident. That’s a thread that’s clearly being saved for a bigger reveal down the line.
Min-hwan’s Power Play and the Bribery Scandal Closes In
While all this is happening, Min-hwan uses his connections to pressure the new Prosecutor General candidate into having Gang-uk transferred overseas. His price for the favor: the candidate needs to expose the Yeeon bribery case by pulling Cheon Yeo-ri from Reina Group into it, which would secure his own appointment.
Right on cue, Yeo-ri gets a call from Ji-soo about her connection to the Yeeon Foundation bribery scandal. She and Gang-uk rush to Chairwoman Baek, who’s clearly disappointed. Gang-uk tries to clarify that their involvement was specifically with Lee Hwa-yong, not the foundation as a whole, but the damage to Yeo-ri’s reputation is already spreading.
At the Prosecutor’s Office, Nam Sang-ho fills in Gang-uk and Seo-hyeon on the investigation into the Yeeon Foundation, confirming that Gang-uk’s relationship with Yeo-ri is what triggered his sudden overseas transfer. He also warns that Min-hwan is actively digging into the Yeeon Foundation, which leaves Gang-uk visibly rattled.
Yeo-ri Asks Gang-uk to End Their Engagement
Back at Reina, Yeo-ri is anxious about the company’s falling stock prices. In a small but meaningful moment, Ji-soo and Manager Bong invite her to lunch, and she agrees, bonding with her staff for what the recap notes is the first time. It’s a nice character beat before everything falls apart again.
Madam Paeng, worried sick about Gang-uk’s safety, prays for him and decides to confront Yeo-ri face-to-face. Around the same time, Seo-hyeon tells Yeo-ri about Gang-uk’s overseas transfer and urges her to look into it. Madam Paeng then asks Yeo-ri directly to end the engagement, bringing up the accident that nearly killed Gang-uk and pleading with her to step back to protect his future. She reveals the full weight of his heart transplant surgery, and Yeo-ri is visibly shaken by it.
Yeo-ri starts ignoring Gang-uk’s calls. Manager Bong then delivers another blow: Yeo-ri has been summoned to the prosecutor’s office over her involvement in the bribery case. As she sits with everything crashing down around her, she replays memories of her time with Gang-uk, while he shows up looking for her, clearly worried. The episode ends on that gut-punch: Yeo-ri asking Gang-uk to call off their engagement.
Episode 10 Review: A Show That Forgot Its Own Premise
As we edge closer to the end of Spooky in Love, I’m genuinely unsettled by how many questions remain wide open. We still don’t know the full truth about what happened on that yacht all those years ago, and with the season winding down, I’m starting to wonder how much of it will actually get answered in a satisfying way.
Here’s my biggest gripe with this episode, and honestly with the back half of the show in general: Yeo-ri has almost completely stopped seeing ghosts now that Reina Group’s boardroom drama has taken over her life. That’s not a small detail. Seeing ghosts was the entire hook of this K-drama. It’s what made the premise interesting in the first place, and now it feels like the writers have quietly shelved it in favor of corporate intrigue and shareholder votes. I get that the two storylines are meant to intersect, but right now it feels like one has swallowed the other whole.
On a lighter note, can we talk about Min-hwan’s secretary? This guy might be the hardest-working character in the entire show. He somehow has insider knowledge of Reina’s voting patterns and full details on the Cheon Art Gallery slush fund scandal. At this point, I want a spinoff just following him around the office.
I also didn’t see Min-hwan fully tipping into villain territory this early, but it works better than I expected. Watching him pivot into someone willing to burn Reina Group to the ground reframes a lot of his earlier scenes. It’s clear now that his obsession with Yeo-ri isn’t just about winning her over. He wants her, and he seems fully prepared to destroy everything around her if that’s what it takes to get there. That’s a genuinely unsettling note to end the episode on.
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