Sweet Secret

''Love & Secret'' () is a 2014 South Korean daily drama starring Shin So-yul and Kim Heung-soo. It aired on KBS2 from November 11, 2014 to April 3, 2015 on Mondays to Fridays at 19:50 for 102 episodes.

Plot

Han Ah-reum, the daughter of the Korean Vice-Minister for Culture, returns home with a child born out of wedlock, a fact that will shame her family and ruin the chances of her father becoming the Minister for Culture. Cheon Sung-woon, heir of the Winner fashion and clothing company, is being backed into an arranged marriage that he does not want. When the paths of the two cross and re-cross, initial hostility turns into love. However, the secret of Ah-reum's illegitimate daughter may become a barrier to true love.

Cast

Main characters

* Shin So-yul as Han Ah-reum
:Fashion student who was pregnant with Phillip's daughter, Tiffany, but was abandoned by him. She becomes a single mother despite the stigma that it brings, and later becomes a designer at Winner's in order to provide for her daughter, where she meets and falls in love with Cheon Sung-woon.
* Kim Heung-soo as Cheon Sung-woon
:Director of the Winner's Group, he falls in love with Ah-reum and breaks off an arranged marriage with Go Yoon-yi. He persists in wanting to marry Ah-reum even after it is discovered that she is a single mother.
* Yang Jin-woo as Phillip Choi
:Hedge fund manager who abandons Ah-reum for a financially more lucrative marriage, but seeks a divorce from his wife once he has extracted what he wants from it. When Ah-reum rejects him, he becomes obsessed with winning her back, and taking custody of Tiffany. He uses Winner's need for expansion capital to manipulate Sung-woon and Ah-reum
* Yeon Min-ji as Go Yoon-yi
:Corporate lawyer, and Sung-woon's friend since childhood. She is from an impoverished background, and Sung-woon's family paid for her education with the intention of marrying her to him. When Sung-woon breaks off their engagement, she helps Phillip and betrays Winner's in order to drive Sung-woon and Ah-reum apart.

Supporting characters

;Han family
* Jung Dong-hwan as Han Pan-suk
:Ah-reum's father, the vice-minister for culture and candidate to become minister. He ruins his career and reputation for probity in order to protect Ah-reum.
* Kim Hye-ok as Oh Myung-hwa
:Ah-reum's mother, a housewife who suffers early onset dementia, which Phillip uses to snatch Tiffany and paint Ah-reum as an unfit mother.
* Son Seung-won as Han Jin-woo
:Ah-reum's younger brother, a medical student and talented singer.
* Park Joon-myun as Oh Sun-hwa
* Choi Seung-kyung as Kwon Young-soo
* Yang Han-yeol as Kwon Hyuk-min

;Chun family
* Kim Eung-soo as Chun Do-hyung
* Hwang In-young as Lee Soo-ah
* Heo Jin as Lee Hae-bang
* Jo Hyun-do as Chun Sung-ho

;Extended cast
* Jo Hyun-sik as Secretary Jang
* Im Baek-chun as Kim Sung-chul
* Yoo Hee-do as Woo Sang-joon
* Son Se-bin as Heo Anna

Ratings

*The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings
*NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date

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Awards and nominations

International broadcast

The series aired, one week after initial broadcast, on KBS World with subtitles.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Love and Secret
2014 South Korean television series debuts
2015 South Korean television series endings
Korean Broadcasting System television dramas
Korean-language television shows
South Korean romance television series
Television series by IWill Media