Raquel Reyes has spent her entire life proving that love is a distraction she can't afford. Raised by a single mother who sacrificed everything to keep them afloat, she learned early that men leave, dreams demand sacrifice, and success requires an unbreakable will. Now, after years of relentless hard work, she's achieved what once felt impossible: she's a surgeon, standing on the threshold of the life she's always wanted.
To celebrate, she allows herself one indulgence: a date. Just one night, no strings, no expectations. After matching with Remington Hayes on Tinder, she finds a weekend plan that is simple and no strings attached. He is charming, confident, and completely temporary. But when Raquel walks into Sutton Memorial Hospital for her first day, she sits down to observe a surgery and runs into quite the shock as the man from the night before is her Boss.
Determined to keep things professional, she buries the memory of that night. Remi, however, refuses to be ignored. As they work side by side in the high-stakes world of surgery, he chips away at her carefully built walls, proving that not every man walks away.
Raquel knows better than to believe in fairytales. Because love? Love is uncertain. Love is a gamble. And she's not willing to bet her heart on a man who could cost her everything.
Yet, as the lines blur between logic and longing, between fear and hope, she begins to wonder-what if, this time, the risk is worth it?
There is nothing more fragile than an open heart, be it in surgery, or in her case, in love.
In everyone's life, there is always a moment that changes everything drastically. Maybe you meet the love of your life. Maybe you lose someone dear. Or you have the worst accident that changes everything.
For Mark Drummond, a officer for the Chicago police department, that was the day he was shot. 6 years in the force, nothing prepares you for what happens on the day you are injured in the line of duty. Or worse. Mark not only was shot, he lost his leg and a large chunk in his arm. On top of it all, engaged to be married, fiance of 4 years, leaves him when he needs her the most.
Despite being as strong as he is, Mark is alone, in the worst pain, and struggling to accommodate his new life. Everything seemed hopeless until he started physical therapy and meets the perky occupational therapist, Anya Jones. She brings a smile to everyone in a room. Not only smiles, but she starts stirring deep emotions in the dying heart inside Mark's chest. The longer he spends with her, the more he finds out how similar they actually are.
Having suffered a horrible accident herself as a teenager that left her paralyzed, Anya broke the doubt every doctor told her. They all told her she would never walk again, told she would never be able to live a normal life. All except one. Old Doctor Philmyer, an occupational/physical therapist pushed her harder than anyone would even try to do. Determination and will drove her to prove every doctor wrong. 3 years after her accident, Anya was walking, even running again. Her body had healed itself in a miraculous turn of events. But scars remained. Scars on her back and scattered over her extremities turned men off from her. Still she continued on, becoming an OT and working under the doctor who helped her she changed the lives of many others like herself. That's when she meets Mark, who gives her the biggest challenge yet. A chance at love...but he's her patient. A big no-no in the medical world.