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and

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. It aired on

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at 23:00 ( KST) time slot from December 1, 2014 to February 3, 2015 for 20 episodes.

Synopsis

Jang Hee-tae (

) and Kim Il-ri (

) first met thirteen years ago when Hee-tae was a substitute biology teacher at an all-girls high school where Il-ri was a student. She had a huge crush on him, and though inappropriate, he started having feelings for her too. But when Il-ri is left seriously injured after a car accident in which she tried to save him, Hee-tae resigns from the school. Seven years later, they meet again by chance, fall in love, then get married and have a typical, happy marriage. Now a marine researcher on

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, Hee-tae one day discovers that his wife is contemplating having an affair. Il-ri, who has only loved and slept with one man her entire life, finds herself strongly attracted to a carpenter she works with, Kim Joon (

), while Hee-tae gets furious for the first time in his life. He spies on his wife.

Cast

as Jang Hee-tae - A

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husband of Kim Il-ri who was her professor back in highschool. He first suspected his wife was having an affair by receiving a message from an anonymous number. After confirming the suspicion and throwing a fit, he filed a divorce petition and started living separately. Another problem arise in their family causing the two of them to stay together which made things difficult. But after having his thoughts collected, and realized that he still love her wife he decided to get back with Il-ri but this time Il-ri refused telling him how her feeling were hurt when he did not listen and forgave her when she was pleading. *

as Kim Il-ri - A hard-laborer who only finished her high school, Il-ri married her high school sub-professor Jang Hee-tae after they met again after 7 years. However, as soon as they got back from their honeymoon vacation, Hee-tae's sister collapsed which gave her the decision to not have any baby and treat Hee-soo as her baby as Hee-soo's body paralyzed. When she accepted a

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work from her co-worker, she met carpenter Kim, whom she find herself attracted to. The two of them found mutual feelings but is later discovered by her husband causing a crack in their perfect marriage and filed a divorce. But after different trials in their family, she decided to leave carpenter Kim and got back together with Hee-tae. *

as Kim Joon - Found by his grandfather at his doorstep, Kim Joon grew up following his grandfather's footsteps by becoming a carpenter. He hired someone to be the painter for his new studio and did not expect it to be a girl. At first being cold and grouchy with Il-ri and her chattering, he later fell in love with her even with the knowledge of Il-ri being married. *

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as Jang Hee-soo - Hee-tae's sister who was once a ballerina but because of her collapsing and becoming a paralyzed person, she only observed around her family, often imagining herself having conversations with her family. * Lee Young-lan as Mrs. Go *

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as Jang Min-ho * Park Jeong-min as Jang Ki-tae *

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as Kim Boon-ja * Han Eu-ddeum as Kim Yi-ri *

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as Jung Soo-young *

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as Choi Duk-bae * Han Soo-yeon as Yoo Sun-joo * Kim Ki-moo as Hwang Jung-goo * Han Seung-yoon as Lee Suk * Kim Sung-ki as Mart Grandpa * Seo Tae-hwa as Professor Park * Hong Tae-ui as Park Min-ki *

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as Kim Joon's mother * Park Jin-seo * Hwang Gun *

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( cameo) *

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( cameo) *

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( cameo)

International broadcast

* It aired in

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from August 25, 2016. * It aired in

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started December 2017.

References

External links

* * * {{IMDb title, 4275548 2014 South Korean television series debuts 2015 South Korean television series endings TVN (South Korean TV channel) television dramas South Korean romantic comedy television series