Maybe I could have gotten into the story, if the core component of it were not the fact that the male lead abuses his position as employer vis a vis the female lead.
Imagine the situation: You are at a new job. As a newbie, you are learning the ropes of what life will be like in this new company. And the first thing that happens, is that your boss tells you that you are bad at your job. Not once, not twice -- but continually. You need the job to live -- so you try harder, but the boss gives you no specific feedback, In fact, the situation escalates -- the boss now tells you that you need to do unreasonable things or you will get fired. This is the kind of boss that goes viral on social media when the story gets out.
Since this is a drama, Munchhausen syndrome kicks in and you fall in love with the boss.
Yep, beautiful story.
Definitely need to stop watching so-called romantic comedies. I am starting to demand a wisp of reality from them.
What was surprisingly bad and annoying was the music in this -- I have grown to expect world-class musical background in kdramas; this was nowhere in sight (or in hearing) in this one. Not that the music was necessarily bad -- it may have worked in a different context, and if it were integrated more into the story.
The actors try, but with this story they cannot succeed.