Realizing that she is caught in her own trap, and pressed for time, Olivia decides she has to physically eliminate Etienne. To do so, she has to be alone with him, in a legitimate situation of self-defense. To Alexandre’s great disappointment, bitterness and confusion, she accepts Etienne’s marriage proposal and plans to physically eliminate him during their first romantic night together in a luxurious palace on the Riviera. But her plans are thwarted by Joris, who has become murderously hateful of Olivia. Meanwhile, Legoff’s associate Pauline Jordan has started to catch on to who Olivia really is.