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

I knew he wanted to do more, but he was being a gentleman and adhering to what I’d said. To hell with that.


When we arrived at Lindsey’s apartment, it was almost six in the evening, and my feet were sore. Lindsey took two ginger ales out of the refrigerator, one for each of us. I’d asked him earlier in the day if he drank alcohol. He’d said he preferred not to expose Lisa to that until she was twenty-one, though he knew good and well she had other opportunities to get some, if she wanted it. He was trying to set an example for her, and he’d never been much of a drinker, anyway.


Now, I thanked him for the drink and settled next to him on the couch, pressing the cold bottle to my head to cool down until the A/C did its job. “I loved having you with me today. Did you enjoy it?”


“Oh, yeah. You have a great way with words and light up when you’re telling stories. Perhaps that’s something to consider as a career?”


Chapter 15