When the Phone Rings

Hong Heejoo is a sign language interpreter who lost her ability to speak due to severe depression. For three years, she and her husband have endured a loveless arranged marriage without exchanging a single word. Her fragile existence shatters when she is suddenly taken hostage. Desperate for help, she pleads with him over the phone, insisting it is not a scam call, but the man she married treats her worse than a stranger. He coldly ends the conversation with a chilling directive: only contact him once a body has been recovered. Fueled by rage and betrayal, Heejoo resolves to retaliate by anonymously threatening her husband, no matter the cost. However, her target is no ordinary man—he is the infamous Blue House spokesperson, widely feared for his razor-sharp sarcasm. As her campaign of intimidation intensifies, Heejoo begins to doubt her own sanity. The ruthless public figure she is provoking seems entirely different from the silent man she knows at home. Caught in an increasingly dangerous game of deception, she finds herself drawn into a twisted dynamic that feels disturbingly exhilarating, forcing her to question who her husband truly is.