The First Lady

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GO Aeshin (30, Gold medalist, covert agent of National Intelligence Service, currently South Korea's First Lady)

Life for Aeshin was meant to be like walking on a flower path. That was what she believed until she uncovers the ugly truth behind her maternal family's fall, which caused her mother's death. Giving up her dream, she chose to follow her grandfather's wish...until she met a man who turned her life upside down. It seems like life under the limelight is destined for her, no matter how her family tried to block the fate for her. From a National athlete, she became the Nation's Cinderella overnight when she decided to marry Choi Yujin, the youngest Presidential candidate ever in history. Everything seems perfect for a happy ending, but her husband's past is catching up with her fast...

CHOI Yujin (40, President of South Korea, a blooming politician in his prime)

To the masses, he is the perfect man from head to toe. He has everything one can dream of: perfect career, perfect life, perfect wife, perfect...everything. People envies him, but what they don't realize is he has sacrificed so many things to reach the current peak of his life. Enduring a harsh childhood in a military family made him stronger and naturally, he thought that a military career would suffice; little did he know that he's far from being content with his life. He turns into the murky waters of politics, plucking the thorns lining his path to success. But this success...is it really worth all the hassle? Is it really worth losing the most important thing in his world, which is no other than his love, Go Aeshin?

GU Dongmae (35, Head of Press Secretary to the Presidential Office, covert agent of National Intelligence Service, Aeshin's secret aide)

Once a junior journalist at a major news company, Dongmae's flower boy look and easygoing attitude makes it easy for him to win people around him, landing him the secret gig as a covert agent. That was when he first saw Go Aeshin and adopted her as his little sister in their training group, but she didn't stay for long. She left the service and Dongmae only saw her on the billboards afterwards. Hence, he was surprised when Aeshin announced her marriage, to his senior Choi Yujin no less. In a twist of fate, he is the one working for her now, and he doesn't mind it at all. Maybe he can help her...and that itself is an honour for him to be able to be at her service. 

LEE Yanghwa (35, Head Secretary of the Presidential Manor, Yujin's longtime confidante)

Beauty with brain. Born in an illustrious family of ministers and officials, Yanghwa's existence, however, becomes a thorn in her family. Her brothers failed to live up to her father's expectation, but Yanghwa, the runt of the litter, turns out to be the family's hidden jewel. That was when her father started to treat her well, seeing her potential to become the next big thing, carrying out the family tradition of sitting in the congress. However, Yanghwa was only trying to prove herself. She wasn't thinking of running for a seat, let alone aiding someone so close to him. Yanghwa decides to help Yujin and strangely, her father supports her wholeheartedly this time. She has never guessed that her childhood sweetheart has sold his soul to a devil, who is no other than her own father...

KIM Heesung (32, Special Task Force Team currently under leave, later Aeshin's personal bodyguard)

Heesung had a simple dream: graduates from high school, gets a degree from a university in the countryside, scores a low government position in his hometown, takes care of his parents and their farm, marries someone, and lives idle life like his parents. It's not much, but the world had to be cruel to a young man like him. His parents lost their farm overnight, and Heesung had to witness them crumbling in front of his very own eyes. He was feeling helpless. After managing their funeral, he decided to join the National Police University. It was through his studies that he found the secret behind the sudden change of land tenure which implicated his family. Heesung's research led to a name: Choi Yujin, and he vowed to make that man's life a living hell.