The prospect of finding a replacement for his vice-chairman kept Lee Yeong-jun tossing in bed. Sleep evaded him, replaced by a persistent worry that clung to his thoughts.

Confounds Yeong-jun is the reaction to his proposal, yet while others perceive brilliance and charm, she sees only an impossible narcissist.

Taking Yu-sik's counsel to heart, he attempted to woo Mi-so with romantic gestures, only to be deflated upon learning of her prior blind date.

A flicker of hope ignited within her as she stepped into the dimly lit gallery. The artwork, a vibrant tapestry of color and emotion, seemed to pulse with life. He watched her, captivated, a silent promise in his eyes. They spent hours wand…

Lee, the Vice Chairman, found himself navigating unfamiliar territory. Affection and duty were not elements of his usual approach, yet he persisted in expressing his feelings to Mi So, his personal secretary, who remained unconvinced. His a…

She had never requested time off in her nine years of employment, and now, faced with the unfamiliar task, felt utterly lost. Where to go? What to do? It was a novel experience, this absence from the routine. Meanwhile, Young Joon found him…

The revelation settled upon them like a heavy cloak. He was the one she had been with, the one who had witnessed her abduction. They returned to the place of their ordeal, hoping for a flicker of recovered memory, a lost fragment to coalesc…

Mi So felt a tremor of unfamiliar nervousness as she approached Young Joon's house for dinner, a stark contrast to the ease with which she had visited his home almost daily for the past eight years. This time felt different, charged with an…

The long-awaited blossoming of affection between Mi So and Young Joon finally took root. His heartfelt devotion propelled him to a place of ecstatic declaration – a figurative mountain peak where he proclaimed, without shame, "Kim Mi So is …

She was a writer, and he an editor, bound by the shared task of shaping words into something resonant and true. The original text, though well-intentioned, lacked a certain grace; it needed to breathe, to flow with a more natural rhythm. I …

She resolved to question Young-jun about his knowledge, though she was far from alone in grappling with the ghosts of the past.

He arrived at Mi-so's, a suitcase in tow. Her cooking, he noted with a sigh, hadn't reached its usual heights. A shared worry settled between them – the fear of encountering an ill omen.

A summons interrupted, a question mark hanging in the air – Mi-so was left adrift as Yeong-jun received an urgent call. With him gone, and a path uncertain, she pondered her next move. Meanwhile, Yeong-jun and Yu-sik embarked on a journey …

He introduced Mi-so to an old family friend, a fellow alumnus from his MBA program in the States. She’d expected a man. The revelation that it was a woman surprised her.

A wave of mortification washed over her as her father witnessed the scene. The sight of her with Yeong-jun in such a way stirred a deep unease within him, and worry etched itself onto his face when the phone remained unanswered.

Just as Mi-so receives a call from his mother requesting dinner – and specifically, dinner *with* him – he suggests they go out to eat together.