I Thought I Had You

Leon Brown thought he had moved on.Years after his high school sweetheart left for London and their long-distance relationship quietly fell apart, he's built a steady life in Chicago. A good job. A nice loft. And Nia - the woman who makes him feel safe, present, and chosen.Then Lyric Hayes comes back.The girl who once held his whole heart is suddenly in the same city, looking at him the same way she used to. Old feelings rise fast. Secret meetings start. And the life Leon carefully rebuilt begins to crack under the weight of the love he never fully let go of.Torn between the woman who represents his future and the one who still owns his past, Leon is forced to choose. But some choices leave scars that don't heal the way you expect.I Thought I Had You is a deeply emotional contemporary Black romance about first love, second chances, and the quiet heartbreak of realizing that loving someone doesn't always mean you get to keep them.