Ten years apart can't erase what never really ended Ten years after fleeing her Michigan hometown, Addison Bianchi finally returns after inheriting her older brother's house. After spending the past decade as a Nanny in North Carolina, she's certain she's only staying in Michigan long enough to fix up the house and return to the new life she created for herself. A life that doesn't include any of the people she left behind. When she returns to town the one person she doesn't expect to run into is Jackson Delvecchio-the boy who was once her best friend, the boy who broke her heart, and now the man running his family's beloved restaurant where they spent all their high school years working together. Jackson is different now, no longer the angsty teenager Addison once knew: he's patient, smiles, and impossible to avoid...especially when he insists on helping Addison with the house renovations. Addison tries to keep her distance, but peeling back the layers of her old life forces her to confront the truth about what tore them apart-and what still flickers between them. As history threatens to repeat itself, Jackson inches closer to admitting his feelings while Addison does everything she can to run from hers. As the house transforms, so does everything Addison thought she understood about home, forgiveness, and love. After two weeks with Jackson and the final touches nearly complete, she's left with two choices: return to her life in North Carolina, or risk her heart by staying in the one place she swore she'd never come back to. What If It Was Us is a slow-burn story of second chances told in a dual timeline between Addison's high school years and the present, following her journey as she discovers the meaning of love, family, and forgiveness.