January Wilde considers herself lucky to have a beautiful daughter, Isla, Jack Russell terrier Spud, a grandparent's home by the sea in Cornwall, where she is always welcome, and a job she loves at a successful real estate firm. But everything goes awry when Ward Metcalfe suddenly becomes the director of the company. The relationship with the boss is not established from the very beginning. Considering Ward a soulless tyrant, January secretly dreams of finding a new job. And just one random evening alone with Ward changes her life forever.