Characters' Description
KIM, Sam-Soon A 29-year-old baker (played by Kim Seon-Ah)
Sam-Soon is an average fat woman who is always full of energy. Her
father owns a rice cake shop and she’s his third daughter. She used
to be a basketball player in high school. She’s curious and talks
to herself often. When stressed out, she’ll eat, drink and sleep.
She loves food. She knows how she wants to live her life. She was
heart broken when her boyfriend cheated on her. She tried to get
over him, but it wasn’t easy. One day, her boss asks her out and
makes a proposal. But he doesn’t want her to be his real
girlfriend. He suggests Sam-Soon to pretend to be his girlfriend
for a while. Sam-Soon thinks awhile over his proposal. She never
liked her boss from day one. She swore that she would never fall
for such a guy like him. He’s selfish and cold. But now, she
desperately needs money to help save her parents’ house. She
finally decides to take his proposal and signs the contract.
HYUN Jin-Heon A 27-year-old restaurant owner (played by Hyeon
Bin)
Jin-Heon suffers from his sad past. He had everything until the
unfortunate accident 3 years ago. A handsome and smart man with
promising future, having wealthy hotel owners as parents, it seemed
that he had nothing to fear. 3 years ago, he made a mistake while
driving, and the accident killed both his brother and his wife in
the car. Jin-Heon injured his left leg from the accident. And
later, his long loved girlfriend left him without giving him any
explanation. He became cold-hearted and twisted after the accident.
His feeling of guilt was too much to bear. He becomes to despise
himself and convinced that he doesn’t deserve to be happy. When he
was in such great agony and pain, the woman he loved left him with
no explanation. She only asked him to wait for 3 years. That was
it.
YOO Hee-Jin Jin-Heon’s old girlfriend (played by Jeong
Ryeo-Won)
Hee-Jin is a beautiful woman who is smart, kind and rich. She’s the
only daughter of a wealthy family. She was born with a silver
spoon. She met Jin-Heon in high school and they were together for 6
years. They were deeply in love. When her parents moved to America,
she decided to stay with Jin-Heon in Korea. She wanted to be his
wife. She had to leave the country to cure her disease. She had
several painful surgeries and 2 years of treatment. She fought her
disease and fear of death. She only wanted to live so she could go
back to Jin-Heon. Finally, her condition was remarkably improved.
She goes back to Korea to see her boyfriend Jin-Heon. When she asks
Jin-Heon to come back to her, he tells her that he’s in love with
someone else, Sam-Soon.
KIM Henry , adopted Korean American doctor (played by Daniel
Henney)
Henry was adopted when he was two years old by a very religious
American couple. He lived in the States since then. He has
practical and scientific mind yet warm and generous heart. He is a
gentle person, but doesn’t like to talk much. Since he grew up in
the states, he doesn’t speak much Korean. He fell in love with
Hee-Jin when he first met her as her doctor. He did everything to
cure her as a doctor. Although he knows that Hee-Jin doesn’t love
him as a man but only respects him as her doctor, he expects
nothing from her. He knows that Hee-Jin is fighting cancer only to
go back to Jin-Heon. He is just happy that he can help her and take
care of her. When Hee-Jin suddenly left America without completing
her treatment period, he follows her to Korea. As her physician, he
stays at the same hotel with her and continues taking care of her.
His only concern is her health and happiness. He truly hopes that
Hee-Jin will be fully recovered soon and finally get Jin-Heon
back.
