Marian is worried that Mike has found out about them, but Etienne already has a solution: he uses Mike's vice, alcohol, to damage his credibility - with success. Marian is relieved to have kept his secret from Nadja, but then she unexpectedly finds out about him ... Diana and Julian are planning a civil wedding within a small circle of people. When Julian shows Diana photos of his parents' wedding ceremony, Diana comes up with an idea. She guides Julian to the monastery and they both decide to celebrate their own wedding there ... Simone returns to her family, overjoyed. While thanking Maximilian for his supposedly selfless help, she meets Axel with open hostility and tries to remove him from the company. She does not know that it is not Axel, but Maximilian who wants to destroy her family.