Kim Young-ho, a.k.a. John Kim, is a personal trainer to Hollywood stars. Despite his family's wealth, Young-ho suffered a devastating illness in his childhood. But he believes living a healthy lifestyle and exercise is the only way to survive. He uses this to run from his family issues. His fear of his father and pity for his grandmother. A Hollywood scandal with an actress has him on the run back to Korea.
Kang Joo-eun was once an ulzzang in her teens, semi-famous for her pretty face and enviable figure. Now a 33-year-old lawyer, she has gained a lot of weight since. She passes out on a flight from the U.S. back to Korea and John Kim is the only medical personnel on the flight who takes charge. He watches out for her even after they arrive home. After getting dumped by her boyfriend, Im Woo-shik, she finds that she has the press pass for John Kim and proceeds to (blackmail) convince him to help her lose the weight.
She discovers that Young-ho has a weakness for being a knight in shining armor. She moves in with him, Ji-woong and Joon-sung (Korean Snake), after a stalking incident and also his brother needing money for marriage anyway caused her to sell her apartment. As they work on her physical transformation, both discover they feel more for each other than what they will admit. As they grow closer they heal each other's emotional wounds and eventually falling in love before a tragedy befalls Kim Young-ho leaving his fate uncertain.
In a flashback scene, it's revealed that Kang Joo-eun met Kim Young-ho when he was dealing with is bone cancer when he was a child and placed a plaster on his cast.
AWARDS
Year | Award | Category | Recipient |
2015 | KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor | So Ji-sub |
2015 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Shin Min-ah |
2015 | KBS Drama Awards | Best Couple Award | So Ji-sub & Shin Min-a |
2016 | 11th Seoul International Drama Awards | Outstanding Korean Actress | Shin Min-a |