Hanson Yoo despises his job. He works seven days a week and is in line for junior partner, but that's not enough anymore. Why does he do it? To please his mother, or at least that's how it began. But now, not even that can keep him going. Late one night, Hanson helps an acquaintance out of a bad situation and meets Lindsey Grier, a man he's been admiring from afar. When Lindsey flirts with him, Hanson isn't sure if it's real or out of gratitude. Things like that don't happen to him, and he has little self-confidence. Rather than take a chance, he cuts his losses and runs away. But then he doesn't get the partnership, and realizes he has nothing left to lose. Hanson has been given a second chance, and isn't going to waste it. Maybe by learning to love himself, he can love someone else, too.

Loving Me, Loving You

“No way. I love it, just like he does.” She paused. “Is that why you hate your job? You never seem happy when you come in here to get lunch.” Lisa was too smart for her own good.


“Probably. You’d think being in my mid-thirties I would have gotten life right by now. Apparently not.” And why was I telling someone half my age my problems? I finished my sandwich and drank the rest of my water.


“Do you know what you really want to do? What you’re passionate about?”


“It’s been a long time since I’ve thought about it, though lately, I’ve wondered about that a lot.”


Lisa frowned. “Do you at least like working with numbers and stuff?”


“I can take it or leave it. I understand how it all works and it comes easily to me. It just doesn’t do anything for me, though paying off my student loans was a huge motivator to do well.” At least I didn’t have to worry about that anymore.


Chapter 7