I really really really was looking forward to this drama solely for Lee Jun Ho because I loved him in the Red Sleeve. But, the show was so utterly underwhelming and frustrating.

This is a cliche rom-com where a rich guy falls for a working class employee. It would've been interesting if the writers treated the characters like adults, instead of high school students, and gave them mature interactions and meaningful conversations. Instead, the drama was filled with overused tropes in the most inappropriate moments and teenage bickering. They are standing in the rain. He is dealing with his trauma and she is dealing with hers. Instead of getting them to have an adult conversation about their problems and develop a bond, we get a trope where she trips and falls and he catches her. And this happens in every episode. They go on a business trip, get stranded on a ship, and spend a night in a cabin. He sends her on some stupid arrand, she gets lost in the woods in bad weather, he heroically rescues her at night riding a helicopter. This type of nonsense was completely overused in dramas like Hana Yori Dango and it was already pretty stupid back then. In mature adult romance where characters are thirty, these tropes should not exist because they completely cheapen the plot and make characters look immature.

It also seemed like the writers didn't quite know how to develop ML. The show started out with a sophisticated and rich bad-boy skydiving in a suit and landing on a helicopter pad James Bond style. Later, we find out that he was nothing more than a nepotism baby with no social awareness, no competence, no charisma and existed solely to pine after FL. Even his feud with his sister was forced because he didn't do anything other than chase after FL. He finished his MBA at the beginning of the show, which could've been a nice plot device for him to start serious work in the hotel to pave way for him to eventually become the owner, while competing with his sister for control of the company. No, he was a director in name only and didn't really do anything or showed any particular interest in work. Even his employees had to spell it out for him that he needed to gain power and support in order to succeed, instead of spending too much time pining after FL.

Some story arcs were laughably ridiculous, like the one with the Arab prince who started acting like a total simp for Sarang and competing for her with Gu Won. There was no reason for it other than manufacturing tension. Even in a fictional story, this is utterly asinine. And the arc with the flight attendant friend wasn't interesting enough for me to care about because she was a pretty minor character.

Overall, the show felt like a high school drama filled with overused cliches, rather than mature adult romance. Characters had no motivation and there was no real plot. Pass.