What a Boss Wants: Sung Hoon and Oh Se Young Land in a Contract Romance

A powerful CEO, a mysterious voice and a secret double life: What a Boss Wants is setting up a romance with plenty of sparks. The upcoming drama has just released new stills, and they hint at an unexpected deal between its two leads. If you love boss-and-secretary stories with a twist, this one deserves a spot on your watchlist.

What Is What a Boss Wants About?

Based on a web novel, this romance drama stars Sung Hoon as Kwon Do Hyuk, a chaebol boss with zero sense of taste. He sets out to find a mysterious woman whose voice he heard on an album. Oh Se Young plays Lee Eun Chae, the lead vocalist of an indie band, who becomes the only variable in his otherwise perfect life.

The Plot: An AI Singer and a Hidden Identity

After his business partner betrays him, Do Hyuk’s company falls into crisis. His plan to save it is to develop an AI singer. While browsing an album by India Red, he spots a photo of Soo, who looks strikingly like that AI singer. He heads to a club to find her and bumps into Eun Chae again.

Eun Chae, meanwhile, is leading a double life. She works at the club as Soo, yet tells her family she has landed a job at a major corporation.

The Unexpected Contract

The new stills show the two tangled up in a relationship shaped by their positions of power. Do Hyuk learns that Eun Chae once impersonated a doctor at a hospital, and he uses it as leverage. His offer is simple: work as his secretary for three months. She accepts, and the two enter a contractual relationship as CEO and secretary.

What a Boss Wants: Snapshot

Why It’s Worth Watching?

The story mixes familiar favorites with fresh touches. You get a boss who cannot read taste, a singer with a hidden stage identity and an AI voice that links them. Add forced closeness at the office, and the setup promises both laughs and romantic tension. The power imbalance between the pair also gives the drama room for surprising turns as feelings begin to grow.

Where and When to Watch?

What a Boss Wants premieres on November 11 at 10:20 p.m. KST and will be available on Viki. Teasers are already out if you want a taste first.

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