Callum west works at his father-in-law's shipping company, trouble is, his wife has been dead for four years. Now his secretary and lifelong friend Courtney is about to resign and start a family. His parents are both deceased and he's been estranged from his drug-addicted brother for years. Everybody in Callum's life either leaves or dies. So, he's learned not to rely on anyone sticking around. The only thing that he knows he can still count on being there when he wakes up every morning is his job. That is until he meets his new assistant Mercy. Now he can't even trust himself, as his emotions start to flounder and he finds himself replacing his deceased wife in his dreams with the face and body of his new secretary, Mercy.

Mercy always has a hard time trusting people after her long-term boyfriend Ryan was discovered cheating on her. Where she confided in her best friend Lisa, she found out that she too had betrayed her by sleeping with the sleazeball. After Callum and Mercy get off to a tense beginning they realize just how much absence really does make the heart grow fonder.

Can Callum put his guilt aside to make room for Mercy and will Mercy learn to trust again?