They were best friends before they knew what love was.Before marriages. Before children. Before life taught them how to stay silent.Josh and Emily grew up together in a small town in Ohio, sharing dreams, secrets, and a promise made under an old oak tree. Life took them in different directions-New York, California, families, responsibilities. They did everything right. They built lives that looked complete.Then one unexpected vacation changed everything.A reunion in the Canary Islands brings buried feelings back to the surface. What starts as laughter and memory slowly becomes something neither of them is prepared to face. When real life intervenes-betrayal, broken marriages, and difficult truths-Josh must confront a question he's avoided his entire life: Was she always the one?This is not a story about easy choices.It's a story about timing, courage, and the quiet kind of love that waits.A deeply emotional contemporary romance for readers who believe that some connections never fade-and some truths demand to be lived.