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Lara Reyes lives by one golden rule: keep your head down, do the work, and under no circumstances mix business with feelings.
βAs the newest project coordinator at Hanseong Media, her blueprint for success is simple-climb the corporate ladder distraction-free, and steer clear of anyone who might disrupt her focus.
βSpecifically, someone like Lee Haechan.
βHaechan is Hanseong's resident human sunshine. A whirlwind of effortless charm, playful teasing, and endless energy, he has the rare ability to win over anyone in the room-except Lara. To her, he is a walking, talking distraction. To him, her icy indifference is the ultimate professional challenge.
βWhen the two are paired up to spearhead the agency's highest-stakes campaign of the year, their forced proximity turns into a daily battle of wits. But as the deadlines loom closer, the lines between professional rivalry and personal chemistry begin to blur.
βBetween caffeine-fueled late nights, shared pastries in empty breakrooms, and quiet moments that linger just a second too long, Lara's carefully built walls start to crack. She begins to realize that Haechan's bright laughter might just be the one thing she was missing.
βSometimes, love doesn't arrive in a sudden, dramatic rush.
βSometimes, it brews slowly in the quiet spaces between us-over cups of coffee that always seem to go cold before either of them remembers to drink.