The perfect romantic synergy of Han Ji-min and Lee Joon-hyuk in the SBS Friday-Saturday drama ‘My Perfect Secretary’ captivated viewers.

This is because Han Ji-min, a romance expert that we can trust, and Lee Joon-hyuk, who was expected to explode with romance potential by capturing women‘s hearts with his “melo-like eyes” even in genre dramas, met. And the two people who were unveiled amidst everyone’s expectations proved their perfection beyond expectations by creating high-intensity excitement with just two episodes, which were the tip of the iceberg of close care romance.

First, the story of Ji-yoon (played by Han Ji-min) and Eun-ho (played by Lee Joon-hyuk), who met from their first meeting as the CEO of a headhunting company who must transfer candidates and the manager of the HR team who must prevent the transfer of key talents within the company, and became enemies, was even more eye-catching because it was unexpected. Because of that relationship, he got angry thinking that they had stolen a key talent, but it turned out to be Eun-ho‘s misunderstanding, and to make matters worse, he was unfairly fired and was introduced to a new workplace where the CEO he had to serve was Ji-yoon, creating an interesting relationship.

At the same time, Ji-yoon, who would boil over with anger just by looking at Eun-ho’s business card that had tricked her, and Eun-ho, who had been uncomfortable with the fact that the CEO of ‘People’ that Mi-ae (Lee Sang-hee) had scouted was Ji-yoon, stimulated curiosity about the next story about how they would transform into a sweet, intimate care romance.

The perfect romantic chemistry that suddenly appears between the chemistry of two people who are enemies from start to finish has already caused ‘hearts to flutter’, making viewers fall for the charm of ‘My Perfect Secretary’. Even though they had been bickering over different values since their first meeting, Eun-ho silently shined his cell phone light on Ji-yoon as she went down the stairs in the dark without any light. Their eyes clashing in the process created an atmosphere that was the complete opposite of before, causing a thrilling excitement.

While Ji-yoon did not respect Eun-ho as her secretary due to her lack of respect for the job of a headhunter, Eun-ho would sneak up to the troublemaker CEO and give him a hand cushion whenever he moved, and Eun-ho’s affectionate side, such as putting up corner protectors in places Ji-yoon often bumped into and quietly fixing doors so that they could open in both directions, also brought a thrilling explosion. Here, the hug ending, where Eun-ho, who had been ignored by Ji-yoon in the previous two episodes, gradually gains recognition as a secretary, was the peak of romantic dopamine.

‘My Perfect Secretary’ airs every Friday at 10 p.m. and Saturday at 9:50 p.m.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com