Blindsided, Vivian Barlowe is suddenly alone and heartbroken. After precisely sixteen months, two weeks, and three days, the dashing and devious Darryl Crawford dumped her via a short text message. Forced to move from the Bloomfield Hills, Michigan mansion she shared with him, she bunks with her best friend, flamboyant famous interior designer, Todd LeBlanc. Grant Albertine has demons. Thanks to intense therapy, he’s ready to look the past right in the eye. He thinks. After a devastating breakup and the dissolving of a business partnership, he drives back to Michigan from California, where he’d been starting up and selling tech companies. Farmboy to billionaire, the only commitment he ever plans to make again is to his work. Whether their meeting was by design or destiny, Grant and Vivian are seated next to each other at one of Todd’s dinner parties. Casual yet pleasant conversation leads to an unconventional, plus-one arrangement. To them, it seemed to make perfect sense since neither wanted to ever again bother with entanglements of the heart. When a devastating chain of events unfolds, the start of this beautiful new friendship shifts on its axis. Vivian and Grant must decide if the potential of what’s growing in their hearts outweighs forces seemingly trying to keep them apart.