Mattheo Riddle thought leaving was the right choice—until he realized he’d spent every day since haunted by the girl he never had the courage to choose. When he returns, expecting to find Y/n long gone from his life, he’s met instead with her soft smile, her quiet warmth… and the unbearable truth that she never stopped caring. Now, face to face with everything he ran from, Mattheo has to confront the one thing he can’t outrun—how badly he wants a second chance, and how easily he could lose it again.