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This is a tale of Rosie Everglade who values her time more than anything in this world. After leaving her workplace at a bank due to mistreatment from her superior, she begins working at her family's bakery shop and meets a multi-millionaire, Blake Carter, who is a workerholic and quite arrogant.
With such strong headed parties meeting each other, will things turn for the worst or get better?
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