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They had only known each other for a couple of days at that point, and she did not get as attached to him as he did or at least she wasn't aware of it at that point since she was really focused on loan sharks chasing her and her mom almost dying, like I get why she wasn't really thinking about finding love at that moment in time. And what she did is literally fraud and he is the son of the CEO. She could go to jail or get blacklisted from getting hired anywhere ever again. Does it make any sense for her to tell him? I think it would be more ridiculous for her to tell him at that point, why would she risk it when she has so much on the line and doesn't REALLY know who he is? She thinks she's only going to be there 6 months, thinks he doesn't much care for her at that point, doesn't know that she even likes him at that point,.

This makes so much sense. He is gonna need to see her suffer a bit like he did before he can forgive her or not feel resentful, and honestly I get it.

That look Ji Hyeok gave when he saw them walking together by the tree is one of the most heartbreaking moments I have ever seen. He couldn't help but smile to see her happy while being gutted to see her happy with someone else. If that isn't what love really means idk what does. Stark difference between Seon U who only wants to see her happy if its with him. JKY is really selling this role I am obsessed w him.

I'm disappointed that the writer chose for him to find out she isn't married by accident. Stories are so much better when driven by character actions vs coincidence and it would have been much stronger for someone to tell him--any of the characters that know at this point could have worked--or even for him to find out when he went to the tree because at least it was as a result of him not being able to forget about her. But oh well, I am relieved he will know the truth because it did feel like the show was spinning its wheels this episode and nothing new really happened, it was a repeat of ep 7 essentially.

His character is so useless and frustrating at this point. There is a lot I like about this drama but he isn't one of them.

This is not fair at all. She was really thrown off by seeing him like that at his apt until the next day when she saw he was engaged, then she even said "oh, so that's why he was upset, because of his fiance." Why would she think he was upset about her if he got engaged to someone else? He has been sending her mixed signals the entire time, he himself is trying to hide his feelings, so it makes sense she wouldn't understand how deeply he feels for her.

She's not sitting at home watching our version of the show where we see him staring longingly when she isn't looking and thinking about her every time he's alone and getting all this context so we understand him. How could she possibly know how hurt he is right now? Really think about it. Calling her selfish and undeserving of him when she doesn't have remotely the same insight into him that the viewer does is ridiculous tbh.

Am I the only one who enjoys watching them go through the heartache because it's a sign of how deeply they feel? Love is messy and complicated, people are messy and complicated, and the writer has set up complex characters and put them in the worst possible situation to have feelings for each other, and so to see them unable to stop caring for and wanting to be with the other person even when they believe its impossible makes me feel something so much more powerful than if they were just la di da skipping around town holding hands with nothing in their way. This is why I like rom coms that get dark and real because we ALL know in the end they will get married and have kids, that's the whole premise behind rom coms, but it will feel so much more meaningful after watching them have to fight for the love and through the pain grow to become the people who will forever honor and cherish it.

I agree that this episode was super important and necessary, and him deciding in ep 6 to essentially let himself "go crazy" would have felt really shallow without him really addressing his father's infidelity. But I think after this ep something has to give or it will become stale and repetitive.I don't want to see them just go back and forth crossing the line them coming back over. This writer has done a really good job so far of throwing in another wrench, or upping the stakes, or adding a small twist (like him finding out the husband was "cheating") so I'm hoping we get some kind of new angle in ep 8.

I really love your connection to the two fathers, I hadn't even considered that. We also had the two mothers connecting this ep, and JH's mom realizing that she was causing her son maybe just as much pain as his father had.

Seon U just not wanting things to change actually makes so much sense, and the way he is acting is super desperate and controlling, which would fit in with that. But he doesn't seem concerned with Da rim and her wellbeing, what she wants, what she feels, so I have a hard time empathizing with him, because he is being extremely selfish and self-serving in all of this. He's not even "chasing after her" because if he was he would just tell her point blank he's interested and then let her decide how to move forward. Right now he is taking advantage of her being in a vulnerable situation where she needs him to pretend to be her husband as a way to try and force some sort of connection with her. Even if he is afraid of change this still just feels like it came out of NOWHERE, that's what I have the biggest problem with, he was just the casual chum and then suddenly is ready to dehumanize her and control her just to be with her? IT's bad writing, unfortunately. Especially because at this point there's no way the 2nd leads eventual romance doesn't feel rushed and shallow, as he barely even notices the 2FL.

I think despite what Ji Hyeok said, he has been waiting for this "dynamite kiss" and deep down wanted to find someone who would prove him wrong and make him lose his mind in love, and that's why when he did finally fall for someone he treated it like it was the most precious thing in the world, because to him it is.

I totally agree. He didn't even need to go there and leave his son for HOURS with a casual friend? Like bruh.

He is going to feel so happy and so angry at the same time, it's gonna be wild to watch.

I actually find it refreshing to have a writer switch things up. We got to see how well they work right from the start, and so we are so much more invested. I prefer to explore the complicated emotions they are feeling now because they both need to grow in important ways, and they will be even better together after they do that.

Yeah I agree idk why people expect them to get together in any ep but the 2nd to last or last. The whole point of the show is to explore the idea of falling in love w someone you thought was single only to find out she's married and the complicated emotions that would come with that. I'd much rather wait for them to get together than have them get together too early only for them to separate again so the show can add "drama" to get us to the last ep.

But even if it is the central part of the plot, the writer still needs to make it interesting. Which they have done so far, for example, him finding out the husband was "cheating" that was a nice twist that added more complications. But at this point it is starting to feel a bit repetitive, and so I just want the writer to add something else to complicate it, or up the stakes, or add some kind of little twist to keep things interesting.

I agree. It's not like she was stuck in a cave with her legs broken--they told him that JH found her and she was fine and they were just waiting out the storm. That was just him being possessive and trying to force his way into the role of the "worried husband." It was uncomfortable tbh

I feel like they were doing it to be able to draw a parallel with her father, and to have him be the one person who is always there for her instead of he having to be the one to always take care of others

I agree. At this point it is very clear to her that he is suffering--I think before this week she could still convince herself that he didn't feel anything. And I think if he had found out she wasn't actually married before this week he would have been more relieved than upset. But dude is have a trauma-induced identity crisis now, and I can't help but think he is going to feel really betrayed by her when he finds out. And rightly so. She should have told him when she brought over the porridge.

I was most bothered by him telling her to just quit the job--like bro, you really gonna have her quit this amazing opportunity where she can finally dig herself out a debt so you won't have to compete with another man when you're not even dating her rn? He doesn't actually care about her, he just wants to own her.

I agree that da rim crossed the line but he is sending her mixed signals as well, he told her he is being swayed by her and held her and tried to kiss her the literal day before. She has tried to put up boundaries and he crosses them, then she gives in a little and he pulls back and tells her to stop acting like they're more than coworkers, which is pretty hypocritical. They just keep doing this back and forth tango, both of them are frustrating me at this point.

I am totally with you that the second leads romance is pointless and one sided and just doesn't make sense rn, and I REALLLLY hope JH finds out soon, if he could find out in ep 8 that would be so fantastic

The ML has been so inconsistent, he's nice one second, yelling at her the next, ignoring her the next. I wouldn't trust him up until this point either. We can see his side so we know he's just going through it emotionally and doesn't know how to handle how deep his feelings go, but she doesn't know that until the very end of this last ep, really. And she saw how angry he was at her for supposedly lying about not being married w a kid , and in her mind pretending to be married is probably even worse. ALSO now that she is realizing her own feelings she has a lot more to lose.

There is a huge difference between the 2FL who fell in love with the 2ML with zero encouragement on his side due to a fantasy she had about who he is, ignored him saying he is interested in someone else and not her, blackmailed him just so he would spend time with her while he has made it very obvious he doesn't really want to spend time with her. Versus the ML who fell in love by seeing who the FL was as a person and through a very mutual attraction and romance WHILE THEY WERE BOTH SINGLE, tried very hard to distance himself from the FL after finding out she was "married", the fact that the FL is only pretending to be married and very clearly giving off crazy mixed signals and encouraging the ML that the ML is picking up on, him thinking the 2ML is cheating on her and she is in the hospital from the stress of it. ML is the only true victim in this entire show. You can't ignore the details because they make all the difference and you pretending their situations are the same is way too simplistic an argument.

It really is the main premise of the show, they shouldn't reveal it until they start really building up for the climax. If they had revealed it already I guarantee so many people would be saying how boring the show is now. People watch stories for tension and there is HELLA tension right now and it's why everyone is so addicted to it.

OK this is what I'm curious about! I assumed the mom abandoned them one day and it was really traumatizing, but it would be interesting if it was all b ecause he has had feelings for her all along. I assumed he only developed them recently.