Dearest In Contract: Episodes 1-2

The rom-com queen is dorsum, as well as she brought her fashionista cupboard amongst her! Her render besides comes amongst the erstwhile-school contract marriage too its hijinks, dear triangles, lots of secrets, the “nosotros met inwards the by” trope, as well as an opening sequence that I absolutely beloved. I’1000 afraid this present already has me inward a chokehold.

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Love In Contract: Episodes 1-2

I human action similar I’m okay, simply deep downward, I want to be our heroine CHOI SANG-EUN (Park Min-immature) who lives the dream life of always coming habitation to fancy dinners prepared past her attractive, rich, too good-mannered husband, JUNG JI-HO (Go Kyung-pyo). Ji-ho is the perfect hubby to Sang-eun, as well as everything nearly their 5-twelvemonth spousal relationship is perfect – except at that place’sec a piffling contract that binds them together. And no, I’thousand not talking virtually a wedlock certificate.

Sang-eun is a professional person married woman with an array of clients. Whether y'all call for a trophy married woman to boost your self-esteem inwards front end of your tacky friends, a practiced golfer married woman to aid you lot land a contract, a married woman simply to become your family off your back, some your grandmother tin can drop dead peacefully — Sang-eun is in that location to help y'all out. For a fee, of class, as well as in that location’sec an extra charge if y'all want to register the wedlock. Twelve divorces downward the line with a dozen other skills and certifications to kick, Sang-eun is pretty much committed to her task.

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Sang-eun is not all nearly the coin, though, together with she in one case married a client, WOO GWANG-NAM (Kang Hyung-seok) because he didn’t desire to disappoint his parents by coming out every bit gay. They’re amicably divorced immediately, and alive as roommates too best friends with a joint dream of relocating abroad, to fall inward love for existent. I beloved their human relationship and so much! Destination Canada is in persuasion for them, in addition to they happily countdown to Sang-eun’s upcoming retirement. Except retirement means ending her wedlock system with Ji-ho.

Their organization is uncomplicated: she is alone required to accept dinners alongside him on Mondays, Wednesdays, in addition to Fridays. It’second actually cool when y'all think about getting paid to eat fancy meals, but it’sec as well unsettling that Ji-ho’sec life is shrouded inward secrecy. There’second a adult female he appears to live stalking, and he’second a human being of really few words. Seriously, they don’t fifty-fifty verbalize almost the weather over dinner! According to Ji-ho, “The perfect conversation skill to non disclose yourself is silence.” And if that doesn’t creep yous out, I don’t know what else volition.

During a Timid People Anonymous session of sorts, Ji-ho tells the others that his chore doesn’t make people experience skillful, together with he unremarkably but watches them plead. I kickoff to think okay, possibly he’second a judge, a prosecutor, or working some other constabulary enforcement task, right?

But then he besides says things like his job is to finish person’second everyday routine, as well as now he’sec giving serial killer vibes. I mean, the adult female he was stalking ends upwards dead, in addition to he doesn’t look to live affected past the tidings? Come on! Now I’thousand non and then certain I want to live Sang-eun anymore. Besides, at that place are solely and so many placidity dinners I tin have before I bail on such a slow matrimony.

Thankfully, this is where KANG HAE-JIN (Kim Jae-immature) comes inward similar a ray of sunshine! Hae-jin is an thespian, together with different Ji-ho, the solely hush-hush he keeps from the balance of the earth is that he’second the boy of a chaebol (Kangjin) grouping. Hae-jin thinks rich people are crazy, as well as considering he named his cat subsequently his commencement dear – a girl named JAMIE who he met simply once – I’one thousand inclined to concord. I tin’t even blame his ex (cameo by Nana) who broke upward amongst him because she thought Jamie the true cat was his other adult female. Who video calls a true cat all the fourth dimension as well as calls her “love” anyway?

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But the men inwards Sang-eun’sec life are not the alone ones with secrets. Sang-eun is likewise the daughter of some other chaebol grouping (Eena), too the name she’sec called at home is — expect for it — Jamie. Yes, the 1 in addition to solely. From childhood, she was stiflingly managed past a director at Eena group, YOO MI-HO (Jin Kyung). When Sang-eun was twenty, she walked out on her family later violently ruining an arranged union coming together alongside Hae-jin’s elderberry brother KANG SUN-JIN (Oh Ryoong). Sang-eun’s actions cost Mi-ho her chore, just on the brilliant side, Hae-jin witnessed the whole scene too was right away wowed by Sang-eun. Lol.

Since and so, Sang-eun has been sending Mi-ho coin every month, but make no fault, the women are non friends. Sang-eun is just paying Mi-ho dorsum for raising her, as well as afterward 13 years, she decides to retire in addition to cut her off. Sang-eun is cook to rub it inward Mi-ho’second face up, just Mi-ho steals her thunder, and tells her to terminate sending the coin. Ooof! However, Mi-ho is broke afterward spending all the money (together with the occasional checks from Eena’sec chairman) on the dozens of luxury items scattered about her tiny studio apartment. At about bespeak, she fifty-fifty attempts suicide, and I wonder what her storey is.

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Anyway, back to our married woman for hire, Sang-eun is reluctant to terminate things amongst Ji-ho. And when he all of a sudden brings upward a divorce, she gets upset because how dare he unilaterally decide to finish their wedlock? Turns out that earlier on, Ji-ho saw a ticket to Canada inward her handbag, too thought it’ll live best to stop things and so she tin chase her dreams of falling inward dear abroad. But correct straight off, destination Canada is on intermission every bit Sang-eun insists that she volition become through with their arrangement for the residual of the calendar month because she’s a professional. Sure, Jan.

Previously, Gwang-nam attempted to make a act on Hae-jin piece hanging out amongst Sang-eun at a lounge. Hae-jin’s managing director, YOO JUNG-HWAN (Kim Hyun-mok) mistook him for a reporter, as well as Gwang-nam ended upward thinking Jung-hwan together with Hae-jin are involved alongside each other. Heh. Hae-jin quietly extracted himself from the hilarious mix-upward, in addition to he didn’t get to encounter Sang-eun. But at that place’second enough of time for them to go into each other, every bit he soon moves into the apartment in a higher place Ji-ho’second. Okay, this is going to live fun!

Our trio eventually runs into each other inwards the funniest of ways. First, Ji-ho goes to selection upwards a bundle downstairs at the same time Jamie the true cat is dropped off from a staycation at a cat hotel (seriously?!). Jamie is inward a delivery box carried by Hae-jin, whose face is plastered on the delivery van every bit the make’sec ambassador. Naturally, Ji-ho thinks Hae-jin is the dispatch driver, together with in a struggle for the box, Jamie jumps out. Jamie refuses to return to her possessor, as well as Ji-ho has to conduct the cat to Hae-jin’second flat.

They run into Sang-eun in the lift, together with Hae-jin is shocked to meet her, only he chop-chop comports himself every bit she manifestly doesn’t recognize him. Besides, Ji-ho calls her Sang-eun, not Jamie, together with Hae-jin sees matching wedding rings on their fingers. Sang-eun is miffed that Ji-ho didn’t ready dinner, too in her annoyance, she doesn’t retrieve that she insisted on making the meals for the remaining time they take left on the contract. When she in conclusion remembers, she scrambles to make dinner – in addition to a whole mess inward the kitchen piece she’second at it.

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With Sang-eun’second actions, you lot’d virtually intend that she’sec inwards dearest alongside Ji-ho, simply of grade, she denies this to Gwang-nam. I sympathize her, though. Five years is more than plenty time to become used to a routine alongside individual fifty-fifty if the other party is the secretive Ji-ho. And spell he gives me series killer vibes, he’second likewise giving psychotic vibes to Hae-jin. Because who carries pictures of a murdered woman together with goes out at nighttime to exercise stabbing techniques?

Hae-jin is traumatized on witnessing this, as well as he begins to worry virtually his outset dear who is married to the psychopath. Said kickoff honey only comes around one time inward 2 days, together with he in one case saw her leaving the flat without her call up. A murderer husband too a cheating married woman make for a confusing couplet to Hae-jin, only worry trumps confusion, as well as he tries to warn Sang-eun near Ji-ho. Like a practiced married woman, Sang-eun refuses to mind to anything negative nigh her hubby. But Hae-jin’s words get to her, together with she becomes curious near her married man’s life.

Ji-ho doesn’t mean his task is anybody’s concern, in addition to tells Sang-eun that she’sec gratis to brand something upward the adjacent time Hae-jin asks. Besides, she’ll shortly stop coming about, as well as Hae-jin won’t be able to põrnikas her most it anymore. With the way Ji-ho acts, yous’d intend he’second too non affected past their impending divorce. Pfft. All Sang-eun wants is to be acknowledged equally the best married woman past the best ~~married man~~ customer she’s e'er had, simply it looks like she will not live getting that from Ji-ho. So, she decides that their adjacent dinner date will be their last.

The twenty-four hours in conclusion comes, as well as while Sang-eun is nearly to call the bell to Ji-ho’s apartment, Hae-jin comes about. Like a skillful neighbour, he cannot go along his oral cavity close about the potential danger he thinks she is walking into. But as Sang-eun prepares to hand him a reply, the door opens and Ji-ho pokes his caput out alongside a, “Honey, I’thousand hungry.” *Covers mouth to muffle excited squeals* Well, I’1000 not the only one, because Sang-eun is as well taken by the “beloved” flake, equally it’s acknowledgement — lastly!

What a fashion to wind upward a such a lovely premiere week! I was expecting a low-cal as well as fluffy rom-com – which the drama delivers on – but I wasn’t expecting the whole backstory, together with secrets together with stuff. Hello, makjang, is that yous? Heh. Not that I mind, though, every bit long every bit they balance both parts. I assumed the false married woman affair was only for dramatic event to force the plot, until I saw Sang-eun walk away from the arranged marriage. Now it makes sense that afterward being groomed amongst the sole use to live married, she’d pick out to net off that same organization, but on her ain damage. I too see why she really doesn’t desire to be spring past that institution, in addition to it’second nigh a miracle that she even has a dream of falling in dearest at all.

I discover Ji-ho intriguing, and I know he’second non a psychopath or anything because it would be out of home inward a rom-com (but hey, experience complimentary to surprise me, Show). I want us to speedily become past the whole mystery of what his task is, though, and so nosotros tin can move on to other things like why is he such a homo of few words? Why doesn’t he allow people to get roughly him? And what is it virtually his by that he’second avoiding?

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As for Hae-jin, spell he appears to live and then carefree, he’sec patently really lone at heart. For approximately argue, he distances himself from his family, he doesn’t seem to accept friends aside from his manager in addition to his blood brother, too his cat doesn’t even return his affections. Thankfully, he has reconnected amongst his offset dearest once more, although she’s immediately “married.” But for person who yet went dorsum to warn Sang-eun most Ji-ho even afterward existence told off the kickoff fourth dimension, giving upwardly on his feelings/instincts isn’t inward Hae-jin’sec dictionary.

We know that he’ll before long get one of Sang-eun’sec clients, simply I wonder how that’ll go out considering Jamie the offset love might have an allergy to Jamie the true cat. Heh. And this brings me to ane of the highlights of a classic G-drama rom-com: the dear triangle! I’1000 non a super fan of either thespian, and for straight off, I’k undecided on which send to board. So it’sec left for their characters to win me over inward the coming weeks — which cannot come before long enough. This is me impatiently counting downwardly the days, because I call for more episodes ASAP. *grubby hands*

Love In Contract: Episodes 1-2