Louie Montenegro works for one of the Philippines’ largest property developers. Although his job demands long hours both in the office and on unscheduled work trips all over the country, it’s a job he loves. On his first trip to Bacolod, one of the greenest, most competitive, livable and highly urbanized mid-sized cities in the country, he meets Carl delos Santos, a successful businessman in his own right. At twenty, Carl faced a family-run business in near ruins and the burden of paying off enormous debts. For ten years, he focused all his attention on reclaiming his family legacy. Now he heads one of the region’s most successful department store chains. A chance meeting with Louie in a local car wash leads both men to an unanticipated romance. But when Louie's company recalls him to Manila, he faces a future without Carl. Will Louie choose career over love?

As a member of a wealthy and influential family, Jaime “Jamie” Abello had his life mapped out. Being shipped off to LA with an insurance scam linked to his name was not part of his plan. It had seemed so simple: pass the Philippines Medical Board Exam; practice in the family-owned and -controlled hospital; join the Board by age forty; and find a partner with whom he could settle down and be himself. Instead, his father supplies him with a surfeit of money and dangerous secrets and sends him to a strange country. The Pediatric Residency Program Jamie applies for brings him face to face with untouchable Program Director, Miles Kwon, whom Jamie soon finds to be a man of integrity and vision. When tragedy strikes, Jamie finds himself falling deeper into depression. Unexpectedly, it’s Miles who helps him work through his pain. Will Jamie ever experience a life with a loving partner, or will his father's secrets cause him to lose everything he’s gained?