Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

This is the sequel (continuation) of After. Hardin and Tessa's relationship will be tested in ways she never expected, but he knew of all along.

The passionate story of Tessa and Hardin continues as family secrets, deep betrayals, and career opportunities threaten to tear them apart.

•1• His tongue slips in and I get caught off guard. Woah buddy! I push back slightly and he let's go and looks into my eyes. "what?" he asks confused. No trace of anger, but instead- confusion. "Sorry." I pant out. "I just. We're friends." I say looking down. He lets go lightly and looks slightly aggravated. "I don't. I don't fucking want to be friends!" He blurts. "Do you not want to be friends?" Tears threaten to spill. ~ Violet is a innocent girl who's nickname used to be Lady. She stays in her treehouse with her cat Mochi and minds her own business. That was until Grey Jones came along. Moving into the neighborhood he is the cold, mean, and "bad boy" type. Violet is a curious girl. When she first meets the new neighbor Grey she's more curious. With a bad first impression on Grey's part; the two become friends. Will they stay friends? Or will things get interesting? 🐞 ⚠️lowkey dense character :)))⚠️ *Book 1*

•2• "Grey if you don't tell me this- whatever it is- I will never talk to you ever again." I manage to say sternly. "Just come with me and I'll tell you." He says holding a hand out. I refuse to put my hand in his and pull myself up with the harsh brick wall behind me. "Violet hold my hand." "No. You don't get to tell me what to do. I know you were used to that but not anymore." ~ With a promise of coming back Grey fulfills his promise but not in a way Violet expected. A new look and feel of Grey scares Violet away, but the feelings she tries so hard to push back are still there. With confusion and unexplained questions will Violet go back to Grey? Or leave him in the past? 🐞 • You do not need to read book 1, but it would greatly help with the characters background :) • ⚠️same dense/ cringe character-ish⚠️