I finished this book after my wrap up for 2023 and I immediately had regrets because it should have been in my top reads of the year if I had waited. 

Pearl and Cord worked together at Cord's company and the tension between the two of them was electric. Peal had a history of some rough previous relationships and did not want to sacrifice her work life for a relationship. The two go their separate ways as Pearl advances her career but now she is back in Chicago and the tension is back between these two whenever they are in the same room together. 

Cord has it BAD for her, complete cinnamon roll of a man who is completely head over heels in love with Pearl and he agrees to be on the board of directors of her company after a bad PR issue and he takes on being a mentor for Tye, the teen child of her sister. 

One of many aspects I adored with this book is the non-binary side characters, Tye and Abby from a previous relationship of Cord and it was not a huge deal in the book they were just themselves living life and it was beautiful to see. 

I loved the conversations about women in tech and pressures of feeling that you cannot have both a relationship and the career even if at times I was frustrated that Pearl didn't think she could have both. 

I cannot gush enough about this book and I am hopeful you are immediately adding it your TBRs.