Touching Your Heartbeat

Episode 1

A conglomerate CEO is running out of time. The poison in his body can only be cured by one thing: a woman with a rare medicinal scent. His team has scoured the entire country and found nothing. The warning is blunt—if he doesn't find her and stay close to her, he won't live past thirty. Skin contact alone can ease his pain. Full union could cure him completely.

Meanwhile, Jang Arin rushes between part-time jobs, telling her mother not to worry about hospital bills. She promises she'll earn the money somehow. Then, in a sudden encounter, the CEO finds her—and his pain vanishes. He's found his antidote.

Episode 2

At the hospital, Jang Arin begs for more time. Her mother needs surgery, and she swears she'll find a way to pay. Then a miracle arrives: an anonymous sponsor will cover the hospital bills. Her mother can finally get treatment. Jang Arin is overwhelmed with gratitude.

She tracks down the sponsor's address to thank them in person. At the company, she asks for the CEO, but Secretary Hwang says his schedule is unavailable. Jang Arin insists she just wants to express her thanks. When she finally meets the CEO again, he notes that they've met before. The sponsorship wasn't random—and she's about to find out why.

Episode 3

Jang Arin comes to thank her benefactor, but the CEO has other intentions. When she offers to repay the hospital bills however she can, he says that's not what he wants. What he wants is her. She pushes back, telling him not to cross the line. But he warns her not to make an enemy of the head of a conglomerate.

Meanwhile, an examination confirms Jang Arin is the CEO's antidote. But there's a catch. If they consummate the marriage, the energy exchange will severely damage Jang Arin's body—it will kill her. The CEO orders preparations for a luxury wedding anyway.

Episode 4

The CEO drops the proposal like a bomb: he wants to marry her. Jang Arin is stunned. He claims he has to take responsibility, but she refuses—she has her mother to care for. Then comes the ultimatum. Choose: a wedding or a funeral. If she won't marry him, her sick mother will pay the price too.

Cornered, Jang Arin agrees to marry him. But the cruelty doesn't stop there. Ucheon, the CEO's half-brother, crashes the wedding with a gift: a one-hundred-million won urn. He taunts that the bride is being taken to her grave—and he's already prepared for the funeral.

Episode 5

Word spreads that the CEO, who never even glanced at women, is suddenly getting married. The truth is uglier: he's walking his bride to her death. Ucheon moves to take Jang Arin away, but the CEO stops him cold.

Jang Arin tries to run. She doesn't want to marry him—she doesn't want to die with him. The CEO challenges her: if she wants to escape so badly, will she still have the strength to run in an hour? She demands to know what he's doing. He's not letting her go.

Episode 6

Alone with Secretary Hwang, Jang Arin learns the full truth. The CEO was poisoned as a child. Without a cure, he won't live past thirty. Ucheon is his half-brother, circling for his position. And the antidote they've been searching for? It's Jang Arin herself. Only she can cure him.

The CEO gives her a black card with a hundred million won inside. He saved her mother—so she decides she must save him in return. But Ucheon's people are watching. They note she accepted the black card, calling her a woman who loves money. Meanwhile, Jang Arin seeks out a shaman, desperate for a way to help her husband.

Episode 7

Jang Arin asks the shaman to write a talisman for her husband's health. She wants him to live long and well. The shaman says if the two of them truly unite, the talisman will work. She doesn't yet know what that union would cost her.

At school, the graduation performance is announced. Everyone must attend in formal wear with a partner. Jang Arin is chosen for the opening dance—but she can't afford a dress. When the CEO asks if something's wrong, she hides it and gives him the talisman instead. He quietly cancels a major meeting to attend her performance.

Episode 8

Jang Arin shows up to the performance without proper attire. The staff refuse to let her in—no dress code, no entry. Her classmates mock her, saying she's been working part-time jobs, so where did all the money go? She's about to be marked absent, risking her graduation.

Then everything changes. A stunning dress appears, and Jang Arin walks in transformed. The room goes silent. People whisper—how did the girl who can't afford meals end up in a dress like that? Even her rival can't hide the jealousy. The opening dance is about to begin.

Episode 9

Jang Arin takes the stage for the opening dance, and the entire hall is captivated. Whispers ripple through the crowd: was there always someone this beautiful in the dance department? How does a girl who can't afford food wear a dress like that?

Her classmates are stunned. The partner she chooses for the opening stage will be the first person she seeks out after the performance. Everyone watches, waiting to see who Jang Arin will go to. The tension is electric—and the CEO is watching from the crowd.

Episode 10

The poison has spread to the CEO's bone marrow. Secretary Hwang warns that union with Jang Arin is now the only cure—and delaying any longer is dangerous. But the CEO has ordered that no one disturb Jang Arin.

She prepares a surprise for him at home. A quiet dinner, just for the two of them. She tells him she doesn't know why he keeps her close, but he saved her mother and has done so much for her. Tonight is her gift. She offers herself to save him—not knowing that this very act could be the death of her.