# WebtoonLib — Opium #37

## Series
- title: Opium
- slug: opium-5e1044

## Chapter
- number: 37
- release_date: 2025-03-06

### Summary
The central, toxic romance escalates to a significant emotional climax following the previous chapter's physical pursuit. In a major turning point for the manipulative Dr. Kyeongju Lee, she finally admits her feelings for Dr. Maria Arden, a confession seemingly facilitated by the intervention of a young girl. This long-awaited development does not resolve the affair's unhealthy dynamic but instead shifts the power balance. Maria is no longer a passive victim; she is now described as "firm in her words and feelings," with her newfound assertiveness perceived by some as "scary" and a potential reversal of their manipulative games. While this confrontation provides the dramatic payoff fans have been anticipating, it also reinforces the core nature of their relationship as mutually toxic and codependent, locking the two women in a new, more emotionally explicit phase of their push-pull power struggle.
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- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Dr. Lee finally confesses her feelings for Maria, leading to a reversal of the relationship's power dynamic.

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The central, toxic romance escalates to a significant emotional climax following the previous chapter's physical pursuit.

### Spoiler summary
The central, toxic romance escalates to a significant emotional climax following the previous chapter's physical pursuit. In a major turning point for the manipulative Dr. Kyeongju Lee, she finally admits her feelings for Dr. Maria Arden, a confession seemingly facilitated by the intervention of a young girl. This long-awaited development does not resolve the affair's unhealthy dynamic but instead shifts the power balance. Maria is no longer a passive victim; she is now described as "firm in her words and feelings," with her newfound assertiveness perceived by some as "scary" and a potential reversal of their manipulative games. While this confrontation provides the dramatic payoff fans have been anticipating, it also reinforces the core nature of their relationship as mutually toxic and codependent, locking the two women in a new, more emotionally explicit phase of their push-pull power struggle.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Opium #37](/series/opium-5e1044/chapter-37)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/opium-5e1044

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