This drama is basically about how two people fueled by revenge fall in love with one another, but have to make the decision of what their revenge will cost them and if it is worth it in the end.

And this drama is so hard to watch for that reason.

At first, when I watched this drama, everyone seemed to have a double and it was hard to figure out what was going on. Such as how Jocelyn's mentor and friend at Fancy looks identical to James's cousin and still to this day, I can't tell them apart. I also got James's step mom and Gao Hui confused for such a long time as well as James's mother and Jocelyn's mother who look nothing alike, but I still got them confused. So for a solid few episodes, I thought that James and Jocelyn were secret siblings, and how he thought that his mother was dead, but was actually alive and hidden away by his step mother (so she could marry into the family) and lived with her daughter Jocelyn which a brain injury. You can tell that I have been watching way too many dramas. But the idea wasn't so far-fetched. I came up with the idea because his step mother seemed to know something that no one else does and she is connected to both James and Jocelyn. Instead, we finally figure out that James's step mother who he hates with a passion and is seeking revenge against, is Jocelyn's blood related aunt (sisters with her mother) who she loves deeply because she basically raised her as her own daughter. Which....will cause a lot of issues at the end. Or...the beginning -

This drama opens up episode 1 with a scene from the present at James's and Jocelyn's engagement ceremony. After walking across the stage, James announces to everyone that Jocelyn and his step mother have been scheming to take down the company from the inside for years and how they should both be fired and hates Jocelyn with every inch of his being and how she is a shitty designer. We get zero context about what happened and a few minutes later, we are taken back to the past 8 months prior where their romance began in Thailand. So now we know that all the episodes that lead up to this broken engagement is the past, and the viewer already know what this huge plot point is going to be which will happen around ep 34/35.

And to be honest, I kind of HATE knowing about the broken engagement from the beginning. It makes watching this drama super cringy. We know that the broken engagement will come from James finding out before their engagement ceremony Jocelyn's relationship to his step mother. Also, just watching the past 32 episodes is cringy and stressful because when they are together, they whisper these sweet things to one another such as James saying that she is his everything and nothing in their world will tear them apart or make him fall out of love with her...yet...we all know that there is something that will make James think it is okay to put Jocelyn on BLAST at their engagement ceremony. To be honest, I kind of hate both mains in this drama...actually...that is a lie. I hate everyone in this drama and it is soooooo hard to figure out who's side to be on. I hate Guo Hui because she is obsessed with James and thinks that Jocelyn broke them up and got engaged to him to prove that she is better than her, even though James and her never dated and only pretended to be somewhat close to try and sell their "love" collection. That is one of the reasons why I hate James too, he doesn't have the guts to stand up for Jocelyn whenever Guo Hui is making her life hell. But going back to Guo Hui, ever since the beginning at the competition where her mother had to sabotage Jocelyn in order for Guo Hui to win, Guo Hui HATES Jocelyn. Even though Hui Hui was brought up with a silver spoon, a perfect family, and every opportunity handed to her, when she sees her half sister becoming a great designer from the ground up, everything is thrown out the window and Hui Hui wants to completely and fully ruin Jocelyn's life. Honestly, even though Jocelyn's mom has the EQ of an 8 year old, she still acts more mature than Hui Hui. Which makes it so hard for me as a viewer to want to root for Yu Yi who is completely in love with Hui Hui. I also know because of his love for her, he is going to sacrifice revenge to do anything Hui Hui asks him to do.

Jocelyn is a badass designer, such as QiQi was in Sweet Dreams whenever she would focus on her work and not follow Bo Hai like a little puppy dog, but that is where the similarities end. I think Jocelyn is becoming a great designer through her experiences and the people she is meeting, but she is sooooo deep in revenge that she is willing to give up anything to prove her mom is innocent, which includes her career and her relationship with James. At around ep 32, after so much back and forth with their relationship, they are finally at a place where they are completely honest with one another except for Jocelyn not telling him her relationship with his step mother. Believe me, she wants to tell him their relationship, but she is so scared that he'll hate her if she tells him. It has nothing to do with the secret benefiting her and her revenge plan, but of course, when he finds out their relationship in the next few eps, he will think that. I think that Jocelyn is a little bit of a coward when it comes to love, and she is definitely putting her revenge above everything else, including her love for James. That is why I dislike Jocelyn and it is so hard for me to root for her. I want her to succeed in her plans to find justice for her mother, but it is so hard to follow her because she is wild when it comes to her revenge. There are so many times when I get annoyed because something will effect James if she goes through with it.

James on the other hand I dislike for different reasons. Even though James is fueled for revenge for his mother, you can see that he will never put anyone he loves in the crossfire and if he does, it is a complete accident where he didn't think of all the different avenues it could backfire. He is very prideful and emotional as well. He basically wears all his emotions on his sleeve which is honestly terrifying. If he is mad, he goes full on beast mode and throws a tantrum (such as his reaction at the engagement party). If he is in love, he will act like a complete goober. If he is jealous, he will mope around and throw a fit. Basically, he believes that his feelings are completely justified and whatever emotion comes out during the time of an event is the correct emotion and he should amplify it 100000%. I think a lot of the men in this drama are honestly very aggressive while the women are all very good at scheming, and it honestly makes me extremely nervous. Of course everything will be blown out of proportion when you have men who don't think before they act and women who think that everything bad that happens to them is because another woman is scheming against them.

It makes it super hard to watch this drama, especially when one plot point can take 4 episodes to completely ride out the idea and still NOTHING major happens. It is a lot of fluff at times and all I want as a viewer to get to the engagement scene already and see how the two mains will somehow get back together and see if it is actually realistic.

Now if you have stayed with me this whole time and are actually reading this right now, I think this drama is worth the watch. Yes the episodes leading up to the engagement scene were cringy to watch because you didn't believe all the sweet things James told Jocelyn about trusting her and loving her, but it adds so much to the episodes after. After the engagement, we see a shift in everyone's character. Jocelyn realizes what her revenge cost her and knows what she did was wrong, but she also knows that if James loved her like he said he did, he would have sought out the truth and realize that she didn't do what he accused her of. Regardless, she now wants to live a simple life with her mother away from everyone, now that she has lost the two things she loves (James and 1 other thing that I will not spoil). James is James and starts to act out as James does, but it is a lot worse because he is still in love with Jocelyn yet doesn't want to be because of something he found out that he thinks is the truth. But once they are back in each other's lives, it is a very bumpy start, but once James finds out the truth, this drama finally became something I wanted to watch. All the bull crap from before became worth the watch, to see James realize he was completely wrong and needed to change in order to get the love of his life. After that point, they become relationship goals. Jocelyn remains very calm and very determined to reach her goals, while James turns into this completely different person. James ended up mellowing out and because of the past he has completely opened his heart and 100% puts his trust in Jocelyn. It was amazing and heartwarming to see them actually open up and talk things out with one another especially when it came to her mom getting justice from Hui Hui and her mother. They both became mature and actually smart with their plans. James and Jocelyn now share a common goal instead of their separated revenge.

This drama has such a great ending - the only thing that didn't make me give this a 10/10 was because the episodes before the drama made me cringe and dislike all the characters. I believe that I only started liking the mains was after the engagement when they both got a big slap to the face and realized that both of their actions were unacceptable.