She “kidnapped” herself — all to force her husband to say just one thing.
Not for money.
Not for revenge.
But to get an answer to the most heartbreaking question:
“In your heart, am I still worth saving?”
This Korean drama, Call My Name (original title: 《現在撥打的電話》), has a truly wild premise…
Don’t be fooled by the title — it may sound like a typical “CEO rescues his wife” plot, but in reality, one phone call detonates the truth about a broken marriage.
The female lead, Hee-joo, is quiet, gentle — a sign language interpreter.
Traumatized in childhood, she lost the ability to speak, but her eyes and hands are explosive with emotion.
She’s been silent in this marriage for far too long.
Too many cold wars.
No one even asks, “Did you eat today?”
Until one day, she picks up a voice-altering burner phone—
And stages a fake kidnapping.
The target?
Her own husband.
Using a disguised voice, she dials his number:
“I have your wife. Prepare 100 million won in ransom.”
Her tone? Icy cold.
The male lead, Baek Si-yeon, is the presidential spokesperson — a man with the perfect life on paper.
Always calm, calculated, polite to a fault — even to his own wife.
He talks like he’s at a press conference 24/7.
But the second he gets that call, he unravels.
He pulls strings. Moves money. Lies. Runs.
He starts doing things he never did for her before.
He can’t bear to imagine what she’s going through.
Every word over the phone cuts like a knife.
What he doesn’t know is — every desperate cry for help… was an act.
Because all she wants to know is:
“If I really disappeared… would you lose your mind just once for me?”