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

“Can I talk to you?” I asked, hoping he’d agree.


He crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow. I took that as assent.


“I apologize for my behavior on the train the other night. I took my insecurities and multiple failures at any kind of connection with another human being out on you, and you didn’t deserve that. Just because I can’t seem to make that work isn’t about you. But I meant what I’d said. I’m a bad betand I wouldn’t want you to waste your time.”


Lindsey frowned. “Don’t you think I should be the one to make that decision? And how do you even know Iwas even interested in going that far? Not that I wasn’t. I am. You didn’t give me a chance to make my case.”


Chapter 10