Best I Never Had

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sometimes the one who got away is closer than you think.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Natalia Marquez thought she'd left her high school memories behind-awkward lab partners football jocks and the lingering sting of unspoken feelings. Eight years later she's navigating life in New York City mending a broken heart and trying to find purpose in a job she doesn't love. The last thing she expects is to run into Hayden Marshall the boy who made AP Biology unexpectedly thrilling.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Once the school's star athlete Hayden has traded touchdowns for chef whites carving out a life in the culinary world. But his move to the city isn't just about career aspirations-it's about starting over. When fate reunites Natalia and Hayden the connection they once shared sparks anew.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As their friendship deepens so do the unspoken truths they left behind. Can they reconcile who they were with who they've become? And will revisiting the past risk their fragile present-or unlock a future that could be the best they've ever had?</span></p>