Pamelon Jackson doesn't want anything to do with the man who embarrassed her in a crowded gymnasium ten years ago. Even after she gave him a second chance, it didn't work because too much damage was done. Now she's in dire need of a bank loan to open a soul-food restaurant to fulfill her father's dying wish. As luck would have it, the man who broke her heart owns the only bank willing to lend her the money. Lyle Walker knows how horrible it is to live without the one he loves. When Pamelon's application lands on his desk, he sees a unique opportunity to give her what she needs and a chance to reclaim what he didn't have the heart to do when he was younger. But with bitter exes, bigoted relatives, and old impasses keeping them at odds, will their third chance prevail? Previously titled Earned by the Billionaire 2