Molly discovered the truth about Drew. He had single-handedly ruining her life. She falls into a pit of despair before forcing herself to buck up, to search throughout her Chicago neighborhood for a new place to teach, to reach toward her dreams. This man will not ruin her, she tells herself. Her dance studio will live on, at least for now; but can she seriously afford the life she wants, even as Drew stomps all over her?

Molly begins dance classes at her brand new studio with boundless zeal. Unfortunately, someone paid for her loans—someone mysterious. Burning with this knowledge, she hopes continually it wasn’t Drew. After all: she doesn’t need his charity. Her pride won’t let her fall for it. But she can’t get him out of her mind. After the hot, steaming lovemaking in the Jacuzzi in Iowa, she longs to be with him, to be a couple. But it seems impossible. He’s a player, after all. But every time he calls, she comes. Is it really all right that he treats her like a charity case though? Can the passion she feels for him truly last, or will he dump her for someone else?