Ada Okafor has spent three years building a life in Lagos as a rising architect, one deadline at a time, with no room for distractions. Ever since her father walked out when she was sixteen, she has measured safety in how little she needs from anyone else. Then her estranged childhood friend, Emeka Chukwu, moves back into the apartment next door after a decade abroad, and the walls she built start to crack. He's not the awkward, uncertain boy she remembers. He's a man who has done his own quiet reckoning, and he isn't interested in pretending the past didn't happen. As old memories resurface and new feelings grow between shared elevator rides, family obligations, and one unforgettable rooftop conversation during a blackout, Ada has to decide whether she's brave enough to let someone in again — or whether the safest thing is still to keep her distance, even from the one person who has ever made her feel at home.