The Absence of Romantic Love

Gong So‑min, owner of the cozy baking studio Petit Adélie, has always lived with discipline and restraint. After a disastrous breakup, she carries the stigma of frigidity and vows to keep her emotions locked away. But one night changes everything. At a party, she meets Woo Jae‑yeol, the charismatic head of New Business Strategy at NW Foods. Against her instincts, she spends the night with him — a fleeting encounter she convinces herself to forget, certain he’s just another playboy. Until he shows up again. “Did you perhaps block me?” “Or… did you sleep with me first?” What begins as a one‑night stand spirals into a battle of attraction and resistance. Jae‑yeol is relentless, So...