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

He smiled. “You were so still, I would touch your arm occasionally, just to make sure you were breathing. You sleep like the dead.”


“I’ve noticed I’m pretty much out from the time my head hits the pillow until I wake. I’ve been sleeping ten hours a night since I quit. I’m still tired, though. Maybe that trend will remain until I start to feel better.”


Lindsey chewed a piece of pancake and licked his lips to catch some butter. I wanted to help him. “Obviously you need it. Any ideas as to what you’ll do next? Or are you not even thinking about that yet?”


“I just do things I enjoy, for now. I indulge myself and it feels good. Perhaps something will grow out of that, but as things stand, I’m simply happy being free of self-imposed chains.”


We finished our meal a little while later and I helped him set the kitchen to rights.


“How about we go to your apartment, you change and then you show me your favorite parts of the city?”


Chapter 14