"Between Deadlines and Heartbeats"
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Joong is the calm, strict, and highly respected team leader of a big corporate company. He believes emotions should never interfere with work, and his life runs perfectly on schedules and deadlines.
Dunk is the newest employee-soft-spoken, hardworking, and a little clumsy-but he has a warm heart that slowly changes the cold office atmosphere around him.
At first, Joong only sees Dunk as another junior who needs discipline. Dunk, on the other hand, admires Joong from afar, hiding his feelings behind polite smiles and late-night overtime.
As projects pile up and pressure rises, long meetings turn into quiet conversations, and professional distance slowly melts into something neither of them planned.
In an office where mistakes are not forgiven and love is forbidden, will Joong protect his position-or follow his heart toward Dunk?
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