Grace Kim

I'm never on time, sometimes full of ice cream, and always have my nose in a book.

## Status

### Story

In Progress

**Grace Kim** is a possible match in Lovelink and the counterpart of Clementine Hill.

## Profile

*What even is romance?! Shakespeare... Jane Austen... What do they know?? Seriously, tell me. I'm studying lit and need all the help I can get 😂*

## Appearance

Grace has long brown hair, gray eyes, and tan skin.

## Biography

Grace is an English literature student who loves reading and quoting phrases from novels.

Grace had "a very strict childhood", calling her parents "old school". Grace describes her father as barely present in her life and her mother as demanding. Grace's parents often set her up on dates (or "suitors" as Grace calls them) with other people, which she reluctantly goes along with. All Grace wants is to get away from her suffocating life and find her soulmate.

Grace is an heiress, which becomes obvious once you learn more about her vacations and family life. She had attended private boarding school in Switzerland, where she was bullied by other students. Despite her privilege, Grace doesn't pride herself for having money, saying that "money often costs too much". She also describes her parents as being rich but not herself.

## Relationships

### Your Character

Grace loves exchanging literary quotes from various authors with you. Grace often talks to you about her thesis and her mother's chiding.

### Mr. Goodman

Mr. Goodman is Grace's thesis advisor, who Grace thinks of very highly, referring to him as "the most prestigious professor in the department." You often hear Grace complain about the assignments and deadlines he gives her, calling him strict but caring toward his students. Mr. Goodman convinces Grace to write about J.D. Salinger and his passionate affairs with younger women as inspiration for his writing for her thesis, although J.D. Salinger is not one of Grace's favorite authors. You are very suspicious of Mr. Goodman because of his insistence on Grace's thesis topic and his unwillingness to budge even when she tries to take a different approach to the author. Grace assures you that following his lead is what's best for her.

Later, she admits that she had a prior relationship with him. You voice your suspicion that he wants to resume a romantic relationship with her and might punish her with a low grade if she is not willing to comply. She downplays your concerns until they turn out to be true and she eventually stands up to him. She thinks all is fine until he shows up to dinner at her family's house with his wife.

Unbeknownst to her, he is married. She had thought he was single or she would have never begun to date him. He was also best friends with her father in high school and they used to camp together and spend family vacations together. He also used to date her mother, until she left him to be with Grace's father. Her mother didn't want to end up with the "poor academic" (Mr. Goodman) and thought her match with Grace's dad was better. At the dinner, Mr. Goodman threatens Grace that if she tells anyone about their prior relationship, he will expose her as well just to see the shame on her parents' faces.

### Parents

Grace gets along with her father fairly well, but he is usually busy with work and they don't speak very often. In the beginning of your relationship, Grace tells you about how her father planned a vacation for them to the Bahamas. However, her father had to cancel, but told her to go without him. He provided her with a hotel suite, private driver, and show reservations.

Grace feels that her mother is overbearing, and your calls are often interrupted by Grace needing to pick up her calls. Grace often gets stressed out by her mother's scolding, and she confides that she's never been good enough for her mother's high expectations and all she wants to do is escape that life.

## Gallery

Ice cream cone at the beachBFFTiny ballet dancerCross-legged on bedPosing in the libraryOn bedIn Red RobeSelf DefenseFirst DateProfileMatchedIncreased RelationshipGrace in front of art in museumNew bikiniLingerieGlasses and book
## Trivia

* Her favorite ice cream flavor is strawberry, which Grace says means "friendships are really important to me."
* Grace doesn't have a job; upon being asked, Grace explains that she doesn't need one.
* Though she likes reading many genres, her favorite genre is mystery.
* If she could be a character in a mystery novel, she'd be the femme fatale.