The love between the central characters was not real love and neither was the lifelong friendship between the other leading man, Ji Han, and the leading lady, Na A Jeong. Every character was selfish and made terrible illogical decisions. Out of everything that happened, Ji Han was perhaps the saddest character in the story.
Long time best friends Do Han and Na A Jeong decide to have a contract marriage to help protect Do Han's secret,a secret that could turn into a big scandal that reflects on his chaebol family. But this isn't a romance between Do Han and Na A Jeong. The female lead is charming, and cute, and Her romantic male lead Ji Han, who is Do Han's brother, is ambitious, young, and good looking. Sometimes the camera would rest on his face In a way that made him look like a cute anime character with his heart-shaped chin. Do Han is no slouch either. He's weirdly good looking with an interesting face. Unaware of the secret, Ji Han is opposed to Do Han's marriage Na A Jeong. He does what he can to separate them and one of his hair-brained schemes was to make her fall for him and not go through with the wedding to his brother. Unfortunately, the opposite happens and Ji Han ends up falling for her. And Na A Jeong begins to question whether she is falling for him amid worries that they are doing this behind Do Han's back.
By the end of the episode 11 I realized Ji Han and Na A Jeong were not in love. It was mild romantic tension that turned into infatuation. They were an itch they wanted to scratch. The kind of tension that happens when 2 people are curious about each other and mistook it for love. For one, it was too early in their relationship to risk throwing their lives away for each other as they did. This was confirmed at the end. The last episode lacked passion so I didnt find the outcome believable. This was not the actors' fault, it was bad writing. Throughout the story the characters all made selfish decisions to ease their own guilt, including Do han who mostly only considered himself and his happiness through these events with an annoying amount of desperation. Even the sacrifice he made at the end was really his grand escape. He seemed quite happy with the outcome because it ended the way he wanted it to end in the first place. So he really didn't do it for Ji Han or Na A Jeong. Do Han wanted to leave everyone behind to live his life. Ji Han was the most empathetic character of all,, yearning for love from his family members who all treated him like an after-thought. This is why he latched onto Na A Jeong so easily and why he mistook his neediness for affection. He couldn't even achieve his own dreams in the family business or get publicly acknowledged or recognized by his powerful grandfather. He was treated like the help, and like a dirty secret. No one was allowed to know that they were even related. I think walking away at the end with his head high was the best outcome for Ji Han after the indignities he suffered.
The longing and pining is the only thing that kept me interested because I wanted to see how this couple would end up together. But I must admit, the writing underwhelmed.
There are some aspects of the story that I did not like which was namely how The brothers allowed Ji Han to be bullied by their older half- siblings. This was never dealt with or resolved. I started to resent that Ji Han never stood up for himself and allowed himself to be spoken down to and be pushed around by their family and the fact that no one ever stood up for Ji Han except Na A Jeong. Do Han was very focused on himself and his happiness and even admitted at a certain point that he only cared about getting away and resolving his own problems. So I wasn't buying it at the end when he claimed he wanted to sacrifice himself for ji Han and Na A Yeong.
I also did not like how the female lead was willing to dump Do Han so easily for his brother after she had promised to marry him. I also felt like she was saying that she was sorry to Do Han a lot, every episode.
The romance between the female lead and the male lead just didn't have the temperature it needed to have to make the story worthwhile. The romance was tepid. There were a lot of missed opportunities by the writers and director to make the romance passionate and powerful.
The nicest person on the show was CEO Yoon. She had a strong sense of fairness to others and a strong sense of Justice. I found her to be very similar to the female lead since they both would rather stand up for someone than see them mistreated. Their personalities stood in stark contrast with the oldest sister who was diabolically evil.
I was mostly entertained but disappointed by the anticlimactic romance.
Long time best friends Do Han and Na A Jeong decide to have a contract marriage to help protect Do Han's secret,a secret that could turn into a big scandal that reflects on his chaebol family. But this isn't a romance between Do Han and Na A Jeong. The female lead is charming, and cute, and Her romantic male lead Ji Han, who is Do Han's brother, is ambitious, young, and good looking. Sometimes the camera would rest on his face In a way that made him look like a cute anime character with his heart-shaped chin. Do Han is no slouch either. He's weirdly good looking with an interesting face. Unaware of the secret, Ji Han is opposed to Do Han's marriage Na A Jeong. He does what he can to separate them and one of his hair-brained schemes was to make her fall for him and not go through with the wedding to his brother. Unfortunately, the opposite happens and Ji Han ends up falling for her. And Na A Jeong begins to question whether she is falling for him amid worries that they are doing this behind Do Han's back.
By the end of the episode 11 I realized Ji Han and Na A Jeong were not in love. It was mild romantic tension that turned into infatuation. They were an itch they wanted to scratch. The kind of tension that happens when 2 people are curious about each other and mistook it for love. For one, it was too early in their relationship to risk throwing their lives away for each other as they did. This was confirmed at the end. The last episode lacked passion so I didnt find the outcome believable. This was not the actors' fault, it was bad writing. Throughout the story the characters all made selfish decisions to ease their own guilt, including Do han who mostly only considered himself and his happiness through these events with an annoying amount of desperation. Even the sacrifice he made at the end was really his grand escape. He seemed quite happy with the outcome because it ended the way he wanted it to end in the first place. So he really didn't do it for Ji Han or Na A Jeong. Do Han wanted to leave everyone behind to live his life. Ji Han was the most empathetic character of all,, yearning for love from his family members who all treated him like an after-thought. This is why he latched onto Na A Jeong so easily and why he mistook his neediness for affection. He couldn't even achieve his own dreams in the family business or get publicly acknowledged or recognized by his powerful grandfather. He was treated like the help, and like a dirty secret. No one was allowed to know that they were even related. I think walking away at the end with his head high was the best outcome for Ji Han after the indignities he suffered.
The longing and pining is the only thing that kept me interested because I wanted to see how this couple would end up together. But I must admit, the writing underwhelmed.
There are some aspects of the story that I did not like which was namely how The brothers allowed Ji Han to be bullied by their older half- siblings. This was never dealt with or resolved. I started to resent that Ji Han never stood up for himself and allowed himself to be spoken down to and be pushed around by their family and the fact that no one ever stood up for Ji Han except Na A Jeong. Do Han was very focused on himself and his happiness and even admitted at a certain point that he only cared about getting away and resolving his own problems. So I wasn't buying it at the end when he claimed he wanted to sacrifice himself for ji Han and Na A Yeong.
I also did not like how the female lead was willing to dump Do Han so easily for his brother after she had promised to marry him. I also felt like she was saying that she was sorry to Do Han a lot, every episode.
The romance between the female lead and the male lead just didn't have the temperature it needed to have to make the story worthwhile. The romance was tepid. There were a lot of missed opportunities by the writers and director to make the romance passionate and powerful.
The nicest person on the show was CEO Yoon. She had a strong sense of fairness to others and a strong sense of Justice. I found her to be very similar to the female lead since they both would rather stand up for someone than see them mistreated. Their personalities stood in stark contrast with the oldest sister who was diabolically evil.
I was mostly entertained but disappointed by the anticlimactic romance.
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