She looks up at me, taking a step forward and smiling slightly, "How can I ever get hurt when I have you here to protect me?" "But you could have gotten hurt," I murmur softly, hanging my head and feeling my shoulders drop, the tension seeping from my body. "No. Stop," She cuts me off sternly but tenderly, "Don't talk like that, Reece. I'm okay, you're okay, we're okay," She speaks softly, reaching her hand up to gently brush her thumb over my cheek, just under the cut that's there. "We're okay," I repeat, taking a small step closer to her. She nods with a small smile, moving her hand down from my cheek and instead placing the palm of her hand on my chest, right over my heart. I know she can feel how fast my heart is beating. I just don't know why it's doing that. ~ Reece Carter is the bad boy of Northwood High. He smokes and he fights. He has countless tattoos covering his body. And he doesn't care about anything or anyone else. Layla Stevens is your average seventeen year-old girl, just trying to get through high school, with the friends she loves and doing the things she loves. When these two cross paths accidentally in an unusual way, they leave and never expect to speak to each other again. But fate has other plans. Layla finds her way into Reece's life and Reece doesn't know what to do about it. This ray of Sunshine suddenly meant something to him. She understood him when it seemed like no one else did. And he protected her from everyone who tried to hurt His Sunshine. Get ready for a story filled with bad pick-up lines, twin telepathy and a lot of fighting. Like, a LOT. Thanks for that one, Reece.

He wraps his muscular arms around me and I am lifted from my seat before he smashes me against the bookshelves.I moan in pain as some of the books fall off the shelves, this eliciting a low growl from Ian as he pushes himself closer to me. He brings one hand around my throat and the other cages me by my waist. My breathing becomes rapid and he leans in. His minty breath fans across my face as he whispers into my ear "Don't test me angel" I try pushing him away with my free hands. "Uh uh uhhhh" he tuts at me while pushing his body closer to mine, pinning me against the bookshelves so I can't escape. He takes one of his hands and pins both of my hands above my head with his other hand firm around my throat, the cool metal of his rings pressing and sending chills down my body. "I think you've done enough talking" he whispers loudly, our faces only inches apart. ------------------------------- Aubrey Carter is a 17 year old girl who has just moved from Australia to America for her final year of school. She has never been kissed and is quite shy, yet once badboy Ian Gray sets his eyes on Aubrey her life is never the same. Ian feels a strong connection to Aubrey as she is the first person to have made him laugh let alone smile since the day his life derailed. Ian vows to make Aubrey his no matter what. And Aubrey is confused as to why someone like him is so damn possessive, hell even interested in someone like her. ------------------------------- I update as often as I can which is usually once-twice a week with 1,500+ word chapters. I promise the writing and content of the chapters gets better as you progress through the story!