You deserve better than what they gave you. No one’s ever said that to me before. Why do you act like you don’t need anyone? Because needing people hurts. Why did you help me last night? Because nobody else was going to. He carried his drunk boss home in silence. The next morning, she knocked on his door with tears in her eyes. The morning after Ryan Callaway had learned early in life that the world doesn’t slow down for broken people.
It hadn’t slowed down when his wife walked out 3 years ago leaving behind a 2-year-old daughter and a note that said, “I’m not built for this.” It hadn’t slowed down when he’d taken a second job just to keep the lights on. And it certainly hadn’t slowed down when he showed up to his new position at Hargrove and Associates, the most prestigious marketing firm in downtown Chicago, only to realize his boss was the most intimidating woman he had ever encountered.
