Love Your Enemy: Episodes 9-10

10 December 24, 2024December 23, 2024

by Unit

In our penultimate week, our OTP learns that openly dating is just as bad as secretly dating, if not worse. And now that everyone is in their business, it’s only a matter of time before their feuding families find out and kick against the relationship. In the midst of all this, our heroine’s past is also revisited, and she gets some of the closure she needs to move forward with her life.

EPISODES 9-10

We resume for the week with Daddy Seok and Ji-hye marching to Seok-ji’s room. But proving that she has turned a new leaf, Ji-hye leads Daddy Seok to the wrong room — and goes behind his back to alert our Ji-wons about his presence. Thanks to her quick intervention, they escape dad’s prying eyes. And even though Seok still has his suspicions, he doesn’t have the evidence to prove it. The workshop ends without a hitch, and Seok-ji and his secretary team up to isolate Yoon-ji from the other teachers so the couple can spend the day together. But small towns are really not the best place for secret dating, and they end up getting caught in 4K on their date. Hehe.

Now that their secret is out, the teachers tease and pester our Ji-wons about their relationship. The drama ramps up the nosy neighbor trope with the teachers — and while their attention and interest in Ji-wons’ relationship comes from a good place, it also comes across as a little too excessive and borderline annoying. Like, we get it, the Ji-wons’ enemies-to-lovers dating news is exciting. But did they really have to bring up the marriage topic when the people in the relationship haven’t even discussed it yet? Now Yoon-ji is saying she hasn’t thought about marriage, and Seok-ji is wondering if she doesn’t trust him enough. Chill out, you two. You just started dating an episode ago. Pfft.

Love Your Enemy: Episodes 9-10

Speaking of teachers, Tae-ho and the female student’s “relationship” is exposed after she gets into a fight with a transfer student. The vice principal demands for an explanation — but she doesn’t even wait for Tae-ho to give her one before going on a rant about how she was always against having a male nurse in the school. Biased much? It also doesn’t help that Tae-ho spends more time typing up his resignation and “it’s not what you think-ing” rather than directly addressing the situation. But after all of the steam escaped my impatient head and Soo-ah jumps in to tell the VP to reserve judgement until the facts have been established, Tae-ho finally admits that the student, HAE-SU, is his daughter.

Tae-ho and Hae-su only recently found out about their father-daughter relationship, and they kept it a secret because there’s no point rocking the boat and affecting Hae-su’s school life. But this revelation knocks the wind out of Soo-ah’s sails, and she doesn’t know how to react in light of her feelings for Tae-ho. Speaking from experience, Yoon-ji advises Soo-ah not to assume things and go talk it out with Tae-ho. Following this advice, Soo-ah and Tae-ho have a conversation, and things are looking up for them relationship-wise.

In other news, Hae-su and the transfer student make up. Sorta. Hae-su’s friends also quell the illicit relationship rumors, and she doesn’t have to reveal her parental relationship with Tae-ho to the rest of the students.

Love Your Enemy: Episodes 9-10

Back to the golf course drama that nobody cares about, Daddy Seok insists on privatizing a major road for the golf course members — which means that the staff and students at Dokmok would have to take a longer route to school. But last I checked, they haven’t even built the damn golf course yet. As expected, Grandpa Yoon kicks against this development and Seok-ji is on his side. As a result, Daddy Seok orders his son to step down from the school board and return to their company’s HQ in Seoul. Kyung-hoon is dragged into the Yoon vs. Seok beef, and he subtly takes Daddy Seok’s side in front of Grandpa Yoon. We see Grandpa Yoon clutch his chest now that Kyung-hoon’s true colors are showing, and this is not a good sign.

Without a care for grandpa’s mental, emotional, and physical health, Kyung-hoon breaks the news of our Ji-wons’ relationship to him. Talmbout “Yoon-ji is like a daughter to me. We need to stop things from spiraling out of control.” Yada yada + sprinkles of more faux-concerned bullshit. Grandpa Yoon marches straight to the school to “break Seok-ji’s legs,” but he stops in his tracks when he sees Seok-ji gazing lovingly at his granddaughter from afar. Seok-ji paints the very picture of a completely finished man, and Grandpa Yoon ends up conceding in the face of true love. But his concession is on a conditional basis — and with plenty of rules to guide the relationship. The toughest one being that Seok-ji and Yoon-ji must never be alone together in the house. Pfft. Just kill them already.

Seok-ji informs his dad that he’s seriously dating Yoon-ji, and Daddy Seok registers his displeasure with a slap. I swear, if this man raises his hand against his son again…! Seok threatens to take his son off the family register, but Seok-ji replies that he doesn’t care about any of that as long as he has Yoon-ji. Aww. Interestingly, as Mommy Seok reveals, her father also opposed her marriage to Daddy Seok, but Seok suggested elopement as a solution to counter the opposition. Whutt?? Who knew this man had a romantic bone in his body? And now he wonders who Seok-ji takes after with his loserism in love behavior. It is genetic, sir. Lool.

Mommy Seok tells her son that she was a little uncertain about the relationship after her father’s rejection, but Seok’s suggestion to elope made her feel at ease. All of this to say that Seok-ji needs to give Yoon-ji the same level of certainty in their own relationship. Aww. Mom is on his side. Following his mom’s advice, Seok-ji buys an engagement ring. But rather than getting a sweet proposal, trouble rears its ugly head in the form of Yoon-ji’s past.

Love Your Enemy: Episodes 9-10

The transfer student’s dad storms the school to make trouble as a result of her fight with Hae-su. But it turns out that Troublesome Dad is Yoon-ji’s former CEO — you know, the predator who sexually harassed her colleague, bribed/bullied said colleague into silence, and sued Yoon-ji for taking a stand against him. He even went as far as attending her parents’ funeral to mock her for acting morally upright when her dad embezzled from his company. And it was satisfying to see that Seok-ji rearranged the CEO’s face with his fist at the funeral. Ah! That’s how Seok-ji got those bruises we saw in the hospital flashback scenes. In the present, Yoon-ji avoids the CEO, but the man can’t seem to stay away now that he knows Yoon-ji is his daughter’s homeroom teacher. Never mind that his daughter doesn’t even want him stirring up drama in the school.

While reminiscing about her “justice warrior” days as a high schooler, Yoon-ji feels a little cowardly and pathetic for avoiding the CEO. But Seok-ji assures her that there’s nothing wrong with her actions. The fierce Yoon-ji from the past and the “cowardly” Yoon-ji of the present are one and the same, and he loves her regardless. Yoon-ji says she wished Seok-ji was there with her when she was going through the trials and tribulations of her parents’ death and the CEO brouhaha, and he tells her that he was by her side. Here, Yoon-ji finally learns that Seok-ji was the one who saved her and Moon-soo on the rooftop that day.

Love Your Enemy: Episodes 9-10

Yoon-ji meets up with the CEO to politely but firmly shut down his parent vs. school drama. But his bruised ego can’t take it when she confidently tells him that he’s nothing to her anymore. He attempts to hit her, but Seok-ji rushes into the room to give him another taste of his fist, and the teachers “accidentally” trip him over as he leaves. Lool. It’s not a Seok-ji fall, but I’ll gladly take it. And fine, the teachers are back in my good books.

Speaking of accidents, Seok-ji has been trying to propose to Yoon-ji throughout the episode, but all his plans end up failing for one reason or the other. I about died when Grandpa Yoon cornered Ji-wons to eat dinner at the residence with him — and Seok-ji’s poor secretary was left all by himself with a grand proposal setup at the restaurant, looking like someone who just got dumped. It was my highlight of the week for real. Gosh! I loooove the secretary. He delivers in every scene and proves that there are no small acting roles.

The week ends with Seok-ji having to hide in the attic to avoid flouting Grandpa Yoon’s “never be alone at home with Yoon-ji” rule. Yoon-ji comes to join him after grandpa leaves, and he decides to just go for it. It turns out that Yoon-ji already saw the ring and she’s been waiting for him to propose. But Shakespeare-ji rambles on with his pre-proposal speech until she cuts right to the chase with a “Let’s get married. I’ll make you happy for the rest of your life.” Hehe. They exchange rings and a kiss, and I blush at my screen in happiness.

But it’s not over until it’s over, and this is where Kyung-hoon comes in. He has been embezzling from the school, and I just know he’s the one who shifted the embezzlement accusation to Yoon-ji’s dad. I only hope he really didn’t have anything to do with the accident because that’s going to crush Grandpa Yoon and Yoon-ji. Anyway, Seok-ji has noticed the discrepancy in the school accounts and has ordered for an investigation.

This investigation plus Seok-ji’s attempts to hinder the golf course project is not good news for Kyung-hoon and his pocket — especially since he already bought a lot of land around the golf course. So, he capitalizes on Daddy Seok’s disapproval of Ji-wons’ relationship and suggests that Seok sends Seok-ji back abroad to break up the relationship. Ha! I rebuke every spirit of breakups and noble idiocy in Ji-wons’ relationship. Fortunately, the drama ends next week so all of Kyung-hoon’s nefarious schemes will equally come to an end. I cannot wait to see his downfall.

Love Your Enemy: Episodes 9-10

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1 superwhopotterlock

December 24, 2024 at 9:41 PM

I hoped that the trash CEO would be punished more severely but I'll settle for what we got as there's not enough time. Still I wanted him to be publicly humiliated by his own daughter instead of the private dressing down he got.

I hope that mom seok stands up to her husband and gives him a piece of her mind. His meddling is getting irritating.
Also please give me more time with the 2 jiwons rather than the boring business side plot. They're so cute together!! It's the last week. I hope they resolve the embezzling and golf course drama quickly so that we can see our leads being super sweet and in love with each other.

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Blue (@mayhemf)

December 25, 2024 at 3:27 AM

I love his mom!! She is so cool.

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superwhopotterlock

December 25, 2024 at 3:50 AM

Yes refreshing to see a chaebol mom who's supportive of her son's decision.

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2 🌸 Seeker 🌸

December 24, 2024 at 9:47 PM

Thank you for the recap. 💘🤸‍♀️🌁

The Ji-wons and their dating era is beset with challenges both well-meaning (get married already you guys) and wtf (you both cannot be alone in the house). Like whut really, come again. Rather don't come at uri Ji-won love birds, jebal.

I like that they brought back the evil CEO allowing uri Yun-ji to finally put it behind her. Seok-ji being the most supportive boyfriend even, who one must never forget behind in the room 😉, is really the sweetest.

Gosh I can't believe we are already at the end. Well make way folks we are having our lovely couple walking down the aisle next week. 👰💒🤵

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3 Blue (@mayhemf)

December 25, 2024 at 3:26 AM

I love our OTP! I like how no nonsense matter of fact they are. There is a level of understanding and trust that is lovely to see. And how cute that they call each other Seok and Yoon! I can totally see that they are meant for each other.

The whole proposal attempts were hilarious. Seok Ji Won and Secretary are a hoot!! Watching the balloon fly away with his letter was hilarious but I also wanted to read his letter. The attic proposal was lovely. Perfect. They just need each other nothing else mattered.

Looking forward to everything getting resolved next week and more of our OTP having each others back.

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🌸 Seeker 🌸

December 25, 2024 at 4:17 AM

It is almost as if all the juvenile *"I hate you"s* never happened given how committed and mature they are now. 😅😂

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Blue (@mayhemf)

December 25, 2024 at 4:37 AM

Right???
The level of confidence in their love. The way they say ‘He doesn’t lie’, ‘No no. It’s not that, She likes me a lot’ ,
‘Yeah, I should have faced you in the hospital and avoided all this’’.
Simple confessions, easy resolution of conflicts, open to reach out to the other - this couple shows a maturity that is so comfortable to watch. At the same time they are so self aware when they are cringey in love mode.