She Was Never Supposed To Matter

After years of keeping the world at arm's length, a widowed father has perfected the art of surviving without truly living.
His days revolve around work, routine, and raising his daughter, Joelle - the only person capable of breaking through the walls he built after losing his wife. Love, happiness, and second chances are things he convinced himself no longer belong to him.
Then Amelia Cruz walks into their lives.
Strong-willed, compassionate, and impossible to intimidate, Amelia is everything he doesn't know how to handle. Their first meetings are filled with tension, sharp words, and constant clashes, especially when Amelia refuses to tolerate his cold attitude - no matter who he is.
But the more he sees the woman behind the stubbornness, the harder it becomes to ignore the effect she has on both him and his daughter.
Because while he's busy fighting his feelings, Joelle has already decided something important:
She wants Amelia to stay.
As old grief collides with unexpected love, all three of them are forced to confront the painful truth that moving forward doesn't mean forgetting the people you lost.
Sometimes the people who change your life are the ones you never meant to let matter in the first place.