It's love at first sight when Lee Tae Baek and Park Yoo Ra meet as shy university students in the seventies. It takes time for the hesitant pair to finally voice their feelings, but circumstances beyond their control send them down different paths. In 2014, Tae Baek is now unhappily married to Shin Ji Young , one of Yoo Ra's former best friends. He has never gotten over his first love, and when he runs into Yoo Ra after so many years, the two reconcile and look forward to making up for lost time.
Lee Tae Baek's son Lee Joon, is a photographer, and he bumps into Yoo Ra's daughter Elizabeth Park by chance. Unlike her mother, Ellie is a cheerful and vivacious girl, and though they initially find each other troublesome, even as they argue, they can't help but be drawn to each other. Gradually their feelings develop, and and fall in love.
Unaware that their children are dating each other, Tae Baek and Yoo Ra announce that they are getting married, which will make Lee Joon and Ellie step-siblings. As both couples deal with the shock, Lee Joon and Elizabeth struggle with sacrificing their love for their parents' long-aborted happiness.
As Dallas and Drayton navigate life in the spotlight, Spencer is navigating intense feelings for Nathan - her best friend's brother.
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Dallas and Drayton are planning their wedding, talking babies and learning how to navigate life in LA now that Drayton is a hotshot football player in the big leagues. Meanwhile, Spencer and Nathan are back at home in Colorado, coming to terms with their feelings for one another and learning how to co-parent with Grayson, the father of Spencer's daughter. Will the realities of adult life strengthen them - or will their relationships break?
[Sequel to The QB Bad Boy and Me]
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