The Space Between Being Loved and Being Chosen

She had known him before she knew what love was.
A childhood friendship slowly turned into a first love-the kind that grows quietly through school corridors, shared secrets, silly arguments, and promises made before either of them understood how difficult growing up could be.
Through high school, their bond changes. So do they.
Adulthood brings dreams they never had as children: careers to build, families to please, responsibilities to carry, and choices that cannot be undone. Somewhere between ambition and expectations, love begins to feel less like something they can simply hold on to and more like something they may have to fight for.
And then, another person enters the picture.
Suddenly, the question isn't only who do you love?
It's who do you choose when loving one person means hurting another?
As family expectations collide with career ambitions, and old love meets new possibilities, she begins to confront a fear that has followed her for years-the feeling that perhaps she will always be loved, but never truly chosen.
Not someone's first choice.
Not someone's priority.
Not the person they fight to keep.
This is a story about growing up with someone, growing apart from them, and discovering that sometimes the hardest heartbreak isn't losing the person you love.
It's wondering whether they ever chose you in the first place.
This gives you room to make the story more than a love triangle-the family, career, childhood bond, adulthood choices, and her lifelong insecurity can all become equally important.

the book is from the POV of the female protagonist.

the cover is not mine it belongs to the original Author, i borrowed it from pinterest