Ten years after a unceremonious and sudden breakup, high school sweethearts, Cody Martin and Bailey Pickett, now leading vastly different lives, find themselves facing their unresolved past and a hidden secret that could either reignite their love or sever their ties forever. Cody Martin, international photojournalist, thinks he's living his best life, from traveling the world taking photos for the New York Times to meeting a sweetheart in every city. But his idyllic life is upended when he stumbles upon his first love in a coffee shop, and he's faced with the actual truth of the broken shell she left him as. Over the years that they've been separated, Bailey Pickett, Yale and Columbia Law graduate, has been carrying the dark secret of why she made the hardest decision of her life. Being one of the middle children of ten, Bailey was parentified and neglected in the name of helping the family. After her acceptance, she ran away to the prestigious Maritime Coastal Academy and has been running ever since. She thought she was doing what was best to help her and those she loved, including distrusting the one boy who always loved her.