Soo-Jung conceals it from everyone and she has a office romance with Joo-Yeon. But she finds out that the guy was her first love who cheated her after she just had enjoyed the sweet love for a few days in My Dearest Nemesis Episode 8.
Soo-Jung and Joo-Yeon confirm their relationship. They don’t want to leave each other. He takes her to her house. He stares at her with love. She wants to stay for a while. The two take a walk on the street. He tries to hold her hand. She knows his intention so that she holds his hand.
They talk nonsense but their hearts pound. They wish there’s no end to the road. Soo-Jung and Joo-Yeon return to Soo-Jung’s house again. It’s Joo-Yeon’s turn to make an excuse. He wants to tell something to her. The two continue to walk. He asks her about her and Ha-Jin’s relationship. She claims that she knew Ha-Jin from the game. Joo-Yeon realizes that it’s the game Soo-Jung knew her first love.
There’s a passerby passing by when the two are talking. They’re fast to part. They hold hands again after the passerby left. They don’t continue the game topic that was interrupted. There’s a motorcycle passing by suddenly. Joo-Yeon is pushed against the wall by Soo-Jung. She worries that they will be witnessed by someone she knows. She’s like a startled bird to hide herself when there’s a sound.
Joo-Yeon reaches out his hand to Soo-Jung. He pulls her up. He tells her that it was just a cat. He takes her home the third time. The two say goodbye in the end. She waves goodbye. But he makes a gesture. She doesn’t know the meaning of the silly gesture. He sends a message to her. He tells her that the gesture is loving her. He receives the message soon. She sent same photo with the gesture to him. He’s excited to laugh. He wants to be a madman who falls in love.
The next day, Sin-Won runs into Ha-Jin at his friend’s wedding. They’re losers. Sin-Won is asked by he broke up. Ha-Jin is in the spotlight because of her divorce. The two don’t want to be disturbed. They go to a quiet place. Ha-Jin reveals she and her ex-husband were classmates. She thought she knew the guy enough. But he cheated on her after they just had gotten married for half a year.
Sin-Won sighs that nobody believes he’s dedicated. He stares Ha-Jin’s eyes and he confesses that he actually loves her. She remembers he visited her store many times and he watched her without saying anything. She believes the guy actually loves her. She invites him to sleep with her. He rejects it because he doesn’t want to just get her body. He wants to date her. She kisses him and she agrees to the dating. Because she falls for him as well.
Joo-Yeon visits Soo-Jung in the morning. Because he missed her. She’s very happy after she saw him. Won-Seob warmly invites the guy into the house. It’s Joo-Yeon’s first time to come to Soo-Jung’s house. He walks around. Soo-Bin is the opposite of his father. He doesn’t like Joo-Yeon. He asks Soo-Jung if she’s dating Joo-Yeon after the guy left. He reminds her that Joo-Yeon is an heir. He thinks Joo-Yeon’s family won’t accept Soo-Jung easily. He doesn’t wish her to be hurt because of it.
Soo-Jung worries about it because her brother’s words. But the negativity is fast to be covered by the sweet love. She tells Joo-Yeon to be cautious at the company. She disallows him to let the colleagues see any sign. He claims that he’s good at concealing. He thinks he won’t show it.
The two run into each other in the lobby. They’re excited to wave at each other. They suppress their smiling after seeing the colleague walking to them. Joo-Yeon tries to hold Soo-Jung’s hand in the elevator. But the colleague turns around. He talks with Soo-Jung. Joo-Yeon lifts his wrist and he pretends to check the time. The colleague asks Soo-Jung about her blind date. Soo-Jung is embarrassed. She’s loud to claim that she has rejected the guy.
The colleague Joon-Soo continues to gossip. Soo-Jung is very opinionated. He thinks a gentle man is suitable for her. He persuades Soo-Jung not to date the guy who forgets it after he had a kiss. The words offend Joo-Yeon. He gets angry. But Joon-Soo doesn’t realize it. He tells Soo-Jung not to have an office romance. He mentions what she said that office romance is a hell.
Joo-Yeon takes revenge on Joon-Soo. He asks him to come to the office to shred paper. He comes out when Soo-Jung is printing. He tries to hold her hand when nobody pays attention to it. But she sees the colleague running to her. She switches to emergency mode. She’s loud to scold Joo-Yeon that he doesn’t know how to use a photocopier. It makes everyone think she’s still the manager killer.
Soo-Jung knows she did something wrong. She finds Joo-Yeon and she apologizes to him. But there’re two colleagues walking to her. She asks Joo-Yeon to scold her. She thinks they cannot explain why they appear there together. Joo-Yeon cannot throw a fit to Soo-Jung. She has to do it on her own. She scolds him and she thinks he shouldn’t get angry because of the little thing.
The two colleagues leave. Soo-Jung feels relieved. Joo-Yeon is startled by her change. He thinks she wants to throw a fit when she sees him. He asks her if she still doesn’t treat him as a man. She explains it to him that her first love is younger than her. It’s her dark history. So she doesn’t want to date a guy who’s like her brother. Joo-Yeon reluctantly accepts the answer. He kisses her before he leaves. He asks her to promise him a condition.
Soo-Jung mistakes that it’s a weird request. But Joo-Yeon sends some anime roles to her. He asks her to memorize it. She’s off duty. She finds him at the parking lot. She hands over the couple’s clothes she prepared to him. The two get changed. They go to the river.
She listens to the song with him. She remembers she listened to the song with Black Flame Dragon. She claims that she loved the song very much before. Because the song is related to her first love. She decided not to play it. Joo-Yeon is jealous. He thinks the first love takes up most of her time even if she claims that she doesn’t like her first love. The first love is a history now. He wants to let Soo-Jung like the song again.
Sin-Won meets with Joo-Yeon at a restaurant. He’s told that his friend is in love. He asks him who is the lucky girl. Joo-Yeon is shy to smile. But he doesn’t answer Sin-Won’s question. Sin-Won sees the familiar smile. He remembers the scene when Joo-Yeon announced that he fell for Strawberry. He believes that the one Joo-Yeon loves is the previous Strawberry.
He visits Ha-Jin and he tells the bad news to her. She worries that the two will break down if they know each other’s identities. Sin-Won has a hope. He thinks the two won’t know the truth forever. Soo-Jung reports to Joo-Yeon in his office. He asks her when she liked him. She remembers how they met and how they are now. She confesses that she appreciated his work ethic in the beginning. She found out that he didn’t dislike her strength.
He records her words and he lets her continue to speak. She says when she laughs that his laptop code is very funny. She thought he’s cute. But he doesn’t like the word. He emphasizes that he’s very handsome. Joo-Yeon goes to work. He’s tired after he has worked for one day. He calls Soo-Jung and he tells her that he wants to see her. She comforts him and she persuades him to be patience. Because they will have a meeting together.
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Joo-Yeon cannot wait for it. He tells a lie to Soo-Jung that he left his comic book at her house. She knows his intention. She goes to the warehouse to look for the comic book before he comes. But she finds a familiar thing from the suitcase.
Joo-Yeon arrives at Soo-Jung’s house. He’s excited to greet Soo-Jung. But he finds out that she’s holding the necklace he wore. She questions him if he’s Black Flame Dragon.