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Young-joon, terrified of appearing weak, denies everything. But Mi-so has learned to read him. The way he flinches at swinging lights. The way he never sleeps in total darkness. The way he once, years ago, asked her to tie his tie extra tight—like a comfort.

Determined to win her back, Young-joon does something unprecedented: he asks her to teach him to be a better boss. But during a team dinner, a childhood trigger surfaces—a forgotten trauma involving a chandelier, a kidnapping, and a mysterious boy named “Lee Sung-hyun.”

She stays—not as secretary Kim, but as Young-joon’s partner.

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Mi-so freezes.

Young-joon, holding a ring: “Will you manage my life forever?”

He kneels—this proud, ridiculous man—and says, “Don’t resign. Don’t leave me again. I’m nothing without my secretary. But more than that… I’m nothing without you.” Young-joon, terrified of appearing weak, denies everything

“Vice-President Lee, I’m resigning.”

Sung-yeon, defeated by their bond, apologizes and moves abroad. The company adapts. And on the last day of her “resignation notice,” Mi-so doesn’t leave.

Mi-so, smiling: “Only if you stop calling yourself a ‘god among men.’” The way he never sleeps in total darkness

Present day: Young-joon’s older brother, Lee Sung-yeon, returns from abroad. He’s kind, gentle, and strangely interested in Mi-so. Too interested. He buys her flowers, knows her favorite dessert, and whispers, “Do you remember the cellar?”

Mi-so confronts Young-joon. “Were you the boy? Or was it your brother?”

Flashback: Twenty-two years ago, young Mi-so was kidnapped alongside a boy from a wealthy family. They were trapped in a dusty room for days. The boy protected her, sang to her, and promised to save her. When rescuers came, she was found alone—the boy’s identity remained a secret.

She says yes.