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

The train operator announced the upcoming arrival of the next station, which happened to be mine. I stood, holding onto the metal bar overhead as the engine slowed.


“Lindsey, if you’re doing this out of some misplaced need to…well, throw a bone to the pathetic workaholic loner because I helped your sister, don’t. You’ll end up hating me in the end, anyway, and I’m not worth your time.”


I didn’t hear the rest of what he said because I hopped off the train just before the doors closed.


It was for the best. But still, it hurt.


As I entered the apartment, my cellphone rang. The only person to ever ring me late at night—aside frommy boss—was my mother, since she kept similar hours. I looked at the screen and, yup, it was Sara. Trust the woman to choose the perfectly worst time to call. Because it was all about her.


I let the ringtone play for about seven seconds, trying to decide whether to answer. In the end, I did, just to get it over with.


Chapter 8