Negative Distance: My Ex Becomes My Boss!

Years after the breakup, Poppy Hale encounters her ex-boyfriend, Declan Hawthorne, who is also the father of her child, at a company meeting.
Poppy Hale only wants to escape from him.
She is afraid of losing her child and ending up with nothing.
She recalls how he once said they were just playing a game, and she maintains a respectful superior-subordinate relationship with him.
However, the women around him come and go, yet none catch his eye.
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Upon their initial meeting, Declan Hawthorne assumes she abandoned him and immediately married and had a child.
He wants to retaliate, see her heartbroken, and make her regret it.
Yet, he can't help but want her to stay with him, along with their child, when she's down and out.
The day he learns the truth, he realizes that his revenge has always been against himself.
Poppy Hale: "You're the one who said we should keep our distance."
"Distance," Declan Hawthorne lifts her chin, "can also be negative."