Adela Kim is constantly on the hunt for comfort and progress. She is fighting her way through life with her younger sister as her only family. Nikolai Oleg is a cold CEO with a traumatic childhood. He finds difficulty giving and receiving love and will soon learn through the nurturing nature of Adela.To Nikolai, love is a social construct; a distraction. To Adela, love is life and nothing less. Ever since Adela became a consistent part of his life, Nikolai is faced with parts of himself and his past trauma that is unresolved. Will he allow himself to love Adela as much as she is ready to love him? Or is the trauma from his early years and past too heavy for him to let love in ever again?