Her bad-boy lover is no good for her, but she doesn't realize how much until her house is ransacked and she's left for dead. Overcome with grief, Ripley begins seeing her life as hopeless. Dreams that were once within reach become unfathomable, replaced with nightmares and horrifying flashbacks. Her father, a well-known airline CEO, steps up, finding a subtle way to help. But he doesn't anticipate his plan backfiring as it does. Inadvertently Ripley's heart is on the chopping block again. Ripley loses the drive to move on, but suddenly her life changes, and it happens when a young man named Will knocks at her door.Ripley learns of Will's secret, which makes her question everything about his feelings toward her, but a tragic yet precarious bond keeps them together....for how long is anyone's guess. Soon, Ripley has to break his heart in ways she never dreamed, and she's forced to ask him the one thing she's terrified to ask.