She asked for time to heal.Friends first. No pressure. No expectations.Because he loved her, Hunter agreed.He stayed. He waited. He became the one person Bea could always count on.But loving someone who wasn’t ready to love him back slowly became its own heartbreak.So for the first time, Hunter chose himself.He stopped waiting.And when he finally started moving on—with someone else—Bea realized the one thing she never expected:Losing him hurt far more than she thought it would.Now the CEO who always had control finds herself watching the man who once loved her unconditionally build a life without her.Caught between fear, regret, and feelings she can no longer deny, Bea must decide whether to fight for the man she asked to wait—or risk becoming the one left behind.Because what happens when the person who promised to stay finally walks away?And what if the love you took for granted becomes someone else’s happy ending?