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Unrealistic plot but sweet, mature slow-burn romance.
(I rate vertical dramas on their own sliding scale.) General spoilers only.
I enjoyed watching the leads fall for each other through mutual respect blossoming into attraction. Though their relationship started as boss and subordinate, they both learned they could trust and depend on each other.
The leads are both into the 1-month waiting period of their divorces before they start letting themselves entertain the idea of liking the other more romantically (not knowing that they are, in fact, each other's "long-lost" spouses). Things start out professionally and then they try to keep it that way for a long time. They are also aware that the other thinks their own spouse hasn't treated them well. So, their relationship didn't feel immoral to me in this specific context.
As for the plot, it's the same as many others, and it's one I'm a little tired of. But I started watching because of Yang Han and ended up enjoying it more than I thought I would, though I did employ fast-forwarding at times. Is the plot ridiculous, yes, but I liked the romance anyway! It's slow-burn and not that steamy. There are more moments of romantic and sexual tension than there are kisses (but there are quite a few of those moments!).
I did really like the ML's internal dialogue about not blaming the kid for his mother's "cheating" (misunderstanding), and their interactions were really nice. The kid is written more like an 8-10 year old (than a 5 year old), but quite cute anyway.
If you are a stickler for logic, this story will drive you nuts. But if you can shrug off glaringly obvious plot contrivances, then give it a try. Just imagine it's an alternate reality where people can't make calls or send emails or letters outside of the country they are in. Also, that a woman has absolutely zero contact with her own family or her husband's family without him. That's the only way to explain why the leads never communicated for 6 whole years while the ML worked abroad immediately following the wedding night when the grandma's drugged both the leads so they would consumate their marriage. And that would explain why the ML's grandmother, and he himself, never knew that the FL was pregnant and gave birth to his child. And that the FL appears to have no relatives at all even though she had a grandmother at the wedding. Lol.
I enjoyed watching the leads fall for each other through mutual respect blossoming into attraction. Though their relationship started as boss and subordinate, they both learned they could trust and depend on each other.
The leads are both into the 1-month waiting period of their divorces before they start letting themselves entertain the idea of liking the other more romantically (not knowing that they are, in fact, each other's "long-lost" spouses). Things start out professionally and then they try to keep it that way for a long time. They are also aware that the other thinks their own spouse hasn't treated them well. So, their relationship didn't feel immoral to me in this specific context.
As for the plot, it's the same as many others, and it's one I'm a little tired of. But I started watching because of Yang Han and ended up enjoying it more than I thought I would, though I did employ fast-forwarding at times. Is the plot ridiculous, yes, but I liked the romance anyway! It's slow-burn and not that steamy. There are more moments of romantic and sexual tension than there are kisses (but there are quite a few of those moments!).
I did really like the ML's internal dialogue about not blaming the kid for his mother's "cheating" (misunderstanding), and their interactions were really nice. The kid is written more like an 8-10 year old (than a 5 year old), but quite cute anyway.
If you are a stickler for logic, this story will drive you nuts. But if you can shrug off glaringly obvious plot contrivances, then give it a try. Just imagine it's an alternate reality where people can't make calls or send emails or letters outside of the country they are in. Also, that a woman has absolutely zero contact with her own family or her husband's family without him. That's the only way to explain why the leads never communicated for 6 whole years while the ML worked abroad immediately following the wedding night when the grandma's drugged both the leads so they would consumate their marriage. And that would explain why the ML's grandmother, and he himself, never knew that the FL was pregnant and gave birth to his child. And that the FL appears to have no relatives at all even though she had a grandmother at the wedding. Lol.
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