Main characters: Li Muhe, a formidable professional manager, and Liu Zheyu, her well-behaved direct superior
Three years ago, Li Muhe and Liu Zheyu shared a brief, unfulfilled flirtation. She chose to walk away, and he never tried to stop her.
Three years later, she is his sharpest team member, while he is the intimidating boss she goes out of her way to avoid.
At work, she is capable and assertive, never backing down. In private, however, he always knows exactly where she is vulnerable.
He protects her, corners her, and draws closer without ever letting on, wrapping his possessiveness in an air of restraint.
She puts up a tough front but has a soft heart. She keeps drawing boundaries even as she can’t help falling for him. Though she wants to run, at every crucial moment he pulls her back.
There are no straightforward confessions, only an intense push and pull:
They both waver again and again between reason and desire.
They are only one step away from embracing, yet afraid that crossing the line will cost them even their dignity.
At its heart: a strong heroine × a restrained, well-behaved boss; intense, ambiguous tension; workplace romance and rekindled love; sweetness and heartache intertwined, with sparks flying.
