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. It aired on SBS TV's Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 ( KST) time slot from October 28 to December 24, 2019.

Synopsis

The story of Sung Un Department Store's team who works for the VIP clients which constitute the top 1% of their customers. One day after a receiving a text message about her husband's infidelity from an anonymous source, Na Jeong-seon (

) begins to suspect her husband and her colleagues of having an affair. In her quest to discover the truth, she ends up revealing more than one secret that her colleagues are hiding.

Cast

Main

VIP Team

as Na Jeong-seon : Wife and colleague to Park Seong-joon. She is from an affluent family and got a high-level job at Sung Un Department Store without much difficulty, after graduating from a prestigious university. * Lee Sang-yoon as Park Seong-joon : The team leader of Sung Un Department Store's VIP Management Team and Na Jeong-seon's husband. * Lee Chung-ah as Lee Hyeon-ah : A professional and fashionable section chief of VIP Management Team. She has recently returned from a year off work due to a former scandal with her boss, who was in charge of HR. * Kwak Sun-young as Song Mi-na : A working mother of two young sons who had missed a few promotions due to multiple maternity leaves, despite having worked for six years in the company. * Pyo Ye-jin as On Yoo-ri : She comes from a poor family and fights for survival. She becomes the center of office gossip after landing a job at Sung Un Department Store's VIP Management Team. Her hiring caused the team members’ lives to change. *

as Ma Sang-woo : A new employee at the VIP Management Team. He has been brought up in comfortable surroundings, with a prestigious education.

Supporting

Sung Un Department Store

* Jung Joon-won as Cha Jin-ho * Lee Jae-won as Lee Byeong-hoon, Mi-na's husband * Park Sung-geun as Ha Jae-woong * Jang Hyuk-jin as Bae Do-il * Cho Seung-yeon as Ha Young-woong * Lee Jin-hee as Kang Ji-young

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as Han Sook-ja *

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as Han So-mi * Jeon Hye-jin as Lee Byung-eun

Special appearances

* Oh Ah-rin as Ha Rim * Bae Hae-sun as a nouveau riche VIP customer * Yu-bin as Cha Se-rin * Seo Woo-jin as Seo-jin * Soy Kim as Ria * Lee Ki-chan as Daniel * Shim Hee-sub as Chef Michael

Episodes

Production

The first script reading took place on April 18, 2019. Filming began on May 9 and ended on October 26, 2019, two days before the premiere of the series.

Reception

Viewership

Accolades

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References

External links

* * * {{Hancinema drama, VIP Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas Korean-language television shows 2019 South Korean television series debuts 2019 South Korean television series endings South Korean mystery television series South Korean pre-produced television series Adultery in television Television series by Studio S