She was everything that they warned him to stay away from, yet somehow he kept winding himself up in her. She was a drug that he kept coming back too; she was impossible to resist. She was trouble, to put it in simple words, and Matthew Espinosa had no idea what he was getting himself into. Yet no one ever thought they would live to see the day where Matthew Espinosa did the impossible; he changed her.

He never knew life could be this way, but truly if he did, he wouldn't have cared. He cared about nothing, not even himself until her. Before her, he was empty/ Before her he knew nothing of joy or completion, and this is his journey to his life After her.

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.

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

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.