Cha Soo-hyun (Song Hye-kyo), daughter of a politician, lives a pathetic life guided by others.

Her former mother-in-law adds as a condition to her divorce that Soo-hyun must (continue to) attend that family's functions, such as funerals, etc., when called.

One day while on a business trip in Cuba, she meets Kim Jin-hyuk (Park Bo-gum), a free-spirited guy.

After they go back to South Korea, he meets her again but as an employee in the Donghwa Hotel, which she received as alimony.

[34] In 2021, Viva Television and Cignal Entertainment produced a Philippine remake based on Encounter.