Maeve arrives in Melbourne on a one-way ticket, ready to surprise her best friend Altha, stand beside her at the altar, and maybe even reclaim the version of herself she lost somewhere. But when Altha’s brother, Ares, shows up at the airport instead—older, broader, and still impossibly handsome—nothing goes as expected.

She came for friendship, a fresh start, and a little reinvention. She didn’t expect Ares to be part of it. The more time they spend together, the harder it is to pretend their shared past is nothing but history. Maeve finds herself drawn to the one person who might upend everything she thought she came for.

As secrets surface and her place in Altha’s life starts to feel uncertain, Maeve must confront the real reason she came to Melbourne—and whether the future she’s searching for includes the one person she never expected to fall for.