[Synopsis]Ngao Hua Jai (Shadow of the Heart)
In a fancy room up top a tall skyscraper in New York Witsarwet a young businessman who is having a great time with buying cheap and selling for profit. Everything in life is able to be bought with money; this was Witsarwet’s model. Even love can be bought. Witsarwet dates many beautiful models and celebrities. Never is there a similar face amongst the women he dates. Regardless of whatever these women want Witsarwet is able to buy it for them. Every women that Witsarwet dates knows very well of the one rule he has and that is to not hope for anything serious and long-term. There is no attempt to tie him down in anyway. At the end of their period of dating each women can either walk out empty handed or with a check that he signs for them. This is the option that Witsarwet gives to his latest girlfriend in the party. There is only one woman who is able to accept his actions and that is Lucy. Lucy is the daughter of Tan Chai Apinpa and a foreign woman. Lucy acts as though she doesn’t see his actions. Lucy is also the number 1 girlfriend that Witsarwet openly dates.
Witsarwet recieves an e-mail from Wainik his half brother from a different father to hurry and return to Thailand! Due to the fact that the import and export fabric factory that Witsarwet left to his brother to care for is having troubles. Witsarwet is the eldest son of Wimala and a rich man who owns many resort across the southern region of the country. Wimala divorces Witsarwet’s father and marries Wainik’s father who is younger, but they end up getting a divorce also because of Wimala’s high maintenance and behaviour. After Witsarwet’s father dies he leaves everything to Witsarwet. Wainik respects his brother alot to the point where Witsarwet is the idol in his heart. Witsarwet is very upset when he finds out that there are no problems with the factory. The reason Wainik has asked for his father to return is because he wants him to talk to his mother about a woman, but the problem is that this woman is only a employee in the factory on top of being a single mother. Witsarwet quickly assumes that this woman is attempting to take his brother for his money. He then asks Wainik to bring her to meet him. Witsarwek is shocked when he meets Arshisha the woman that Wainik loves. The woman standing before him brings back a painful past in love and vengefulness that is stuck in his heart quickly returns.
6 Years ago in New York Witsarwet use be in love with a woman name Arusaa. The two dreamed of getting married and spending their life together, but one day he is left deeply hurt when he finds that Arusa secretly forges his signature on a 3 Millon Baht check and disappears with a man. The anger and heartache that he has towards Arusa turns him into a cold blooded businessman and after that he has never seen Arusa again.The woman that Wainik is dating is so similar to Arusa the backstabbing woman that betrayed him so much. Anchisa is very shocked to see Witsarwet also. She faints instantly. Anchisa stands her ground that she is not Arusa and has never met Witsarwet before. Witsarwet doesn’t believe this because not only is she similar to her in physical appearance, but her posture and personality is also very similar. Anchisa attempts to avoid Witsarwet. This causes Witsarwet to be suspicious and tell Wainik that he is going to stay and help Wainik with work and talk to his mother about Anchisa, but in reality he wanted to figure out Anchisa intentions.
Witsarweit moves Anshisa into the office to do paperwork so that he could have the opportunity to be closer to her and figure out if she is really Arusa. Anchisa being close to Witsarwet causes the other women in the factory who already dislikes Anchisa gossip about her and say that she is attempting to catch both older and younger brother. Anchisa’s best friend is angry and takes a tray of food and pours it over the women that gossips about Anchisa. This causes a food fight in the cafeteria causing a food to hit Wimala. Wimala is so angry that she orders them to fire Anchisa, but Wainik stands up for her causing Witsarwet to accuse Anchisa of using her woman charms on his brother. Wainik is really upset with his mother and brother for interfering with his love life. Anchisa takes many days of work without reason and one day Witsarwet follows her and finds that she takes days off to take care of her son. Due to the child’s charming personality Witsarwet immediately adores him. Often he would sneak and play with the child while Anchisa was away. One day he finds a necklace with a ring on it. He remembers that its a ring he once gave Arusa. This leads him to realize that Anchisa and Arusa are indeed the same person.
Anchisa has an older brother name Aditkun who is very addicted to gambling. He owes debt to many different types of gambling and in different countries. He is able to use anything as a wager for gambling even his sister. The person who follows and cleans up his debt is Anchisa. Adikun is in need of money so he could garnish himself in attempts of catching Lucy. He even went as far as attempting to give Anchisa to powerful man who specializes in many illegal business ventures. Anchisa refuses and this causes Adikun to devise a plan to make her fall into Tanim’s arms. Witsarwes comes and saves her in time and recognizes Adikun as the man who Anchisa ran away with. He is really upset that Anchisa has lied to him over and over because now Anchisa is unable to refuse that she is Arusa. Witsarwes devises a plan to make Arusa his mistress and if she refuses then he will throw her brother in jail.
Arusa does as Witsarwet pleases without telling him that Adikun us actually her older brother and not ex husband. She also refuse to tell him that the person who forged his signature was her brother who needed money to go pay off the mafia who had taken their father hostage. Arusa was ashamed of her fathers and brothers action so she decided to let Witsarwes go. She returned to Thailand because her mother was sick, but she was too late and her mother passed away. Her family fell apart because her father had taken everything they had and spent int on gambling. Arusa also found out that her older brother got a girl pregnant and the girl had left the child. Arusa then took her nephew as her own son and decided to change her name to Anchisa along with her last name to escape the painful past. In the end her father and brother would come back due to their addiction to gambling even after her father had remarried and started a new life without his children.
Wainik is persistent in pursing Arusa and continues to purse her. He asks Chit Chom for help and Chit Chom does as asked even though she secretly loves Wainik. Wainik’s love is unable to succeed because Arusa distance herself from him. Wimala begins to hate Arusa even more because she sees that both of her sons are about to fight over one woman. She offers Arusa an amount of money to leave her son and Arusa refuses with the promise that she will stay away from Wainik. Adikun finds out about this and goes to Wimala telling her that he will take care of it for the money. Wimala begins to see the family as even more of a fraud and tries to rush Witsarwes into marrying lucy along with sending Wainik to study overseas.
Tan Chai, who is Lucy’s father also desires Lucy to marry Witsarwes because his title is starting to fall apart and his money supply is beginning to get low. Lucy although she likes Adikun she must let that go in attempts to keep her family’s dignity. The two continue to openly see one another as a loving couple even though they both know neither loves the other. Witsarwes picks on Arusa by calling her to go do work at his house and wait on he and Lucy. Everytime Arusa see’s the two together it hurts her, but she wants Witsarwes to marry lucy because she is suitable for him. Wainik is happy that Arusa is doing work at his house and follows her around causing Witsarwes to be jealous and begin to dislike Arusa even more. Wainik proposes to Arusa and is willing to give up everything to be with her, but Arusa refuses. Wainik is still persistent. Witsarwes calls Arusa to his room to lecture her causing Wainik and he to get into a big arguement to the point where Wainik punches Witsarwes in the face. Wimala comes and stop them before the two brothers kill one another over a worthless woman. Wimala fires Arusa, but Wainik is still persistent in pursing her. Wimala tells Witsarwes to hurry and take care of the situation. Witsarwes has no choice but to tell his brother of Arusa’s past and that she is his mistress to make up the money she stole. Wainik goes and ask for the truth and Arusa admits it so that Wainik could leave her alone. Wainik gets drunk and drives causing him to get into a car crash. Arusa goes and visit Wainik, but Wimala kicks her out and insults her. Arusa is upset and goes to see Ponthanim and agrees to be his in order to get 3 Million Baht to pay Witsarwes back. Witsarwes is really upset and in order to get back at her proposes to Lucy. Adikun who at first wanting to catch Lucy for her money has fallen in love with her and goes to her and attempts to take her away. He also tells Witsarwes the truth that he is not Arusa’s ex husband, but her older brother and that Sigawat is his son not Arusa’s son. He also tells Witsarwes that ever since she returned from New York 6 years ago she has never been involved with any man!Witsarwes breaks into Phonthanim’s safe house and gets Arusa out. The two argues and Arusa faints. Witsarwes takes Arusa to the hospital and finds out that she is pregnant with his child. He offers to take responsibilities for his actions, but Arusa chases him away because of all the horrible deeds that he had committed against her. Wimala also comes and insults Arusa and refuses to accept her child because she doesn’t believe that Arusa is pregnant with Witsarwes. Arusa runs away and Pagon who comes back to Arusa after his wife leaves him tells Witsarwes of everything that took place 6 years ago. Witsarwes is saddend that he misunderstood Arusa the entire time and dedicates his time to trying to find her. Adikun who runs away with Lucy lives happily with her until Ponthanim sends his men in attempts to kill Adikun for stealing his money. Adikun is killed and Lucy is saddend. She goes out of the country with vows never to return to Thailand because she was tired of attempting to maintain her family dignity of being old fortunates.
Wainik physically heals but is unable to accept the facts of his brother and Arusa. He sneaks out and goes to ask Chit Chom for help, but Chit Chom’s parents forces her home in the country to marry someone. Wainik realizes he can’t live without Chit Chom and goes to stop the wedding in time. Witsarwes goes and attempts to get Arusa’s forgivness by the address that was secretly given by Chit Chom. Arusa is still stubborn and refuses to forgive him so Chit Chom and Wainik comes up with a plan to fake a kidnap of Sigawat, but their plans fail when Sigawat and Arusa is kidnapped by Commander Tanim. Witsarwes goes to save his beloved and Sigawat. In the end Arusa forgives him and Wimala learns to accept Arusa after she falls ill and Arusa nurses her back to health along with a cute child like Sigawat to help. Finally the shadow in the heart that was once dark for both turns into a shadow of love and understanding.
Source: Gmember













