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.

"Eli! Seriously this is ridiculous let me down!" I yell as I pound furiously on his back. "Not a chance. And don't ever wear something like that to a fight again." "It's just a tank top calm down. Can you please let me down? Your butt is in my face." "All the better for the view. Every pig in there was undressing you with their eyes." "Oh why do you even care?" Suddenly my upside down world got flipped and pinned between the wall and his body. "Because I'm the only one that should get to think of you like that." His piercing grey eyes were on fire as he held his face just above mine. "Did you drink before your fight? Because there is no way you mean what you just implied. " His tongue flickered across his lips as he smirked. "For once in your life stop fighting and just enjoy this." "Enjoy wha-" His lips crashed onto mine. Hungry, alive, full of passion I had only seen him use in the ring. I didn't want to fight him, fight this, fight his kiss. And he was right, for once in my life, I didn't. **** A Fighter is not born. A fighter is not raised. A fighter is made; only if the fight choses you, and you survive. Dakota Matthias has earned the right to be called a fighter. Her greatest opponent is perhaps the only man in her corner. But fighters are always competitive with each other, on every level. And Eli may just be the fire she needs to win her biggest fight, and give into his. Fight for your Family. Fight for Love. Fight for Yourself. TOP RANKINGS #1 Boxing #3 Fightforsurvival #5 MMA #10 College #15 Boxer #18 Strength

ɬhey were violently in love with her, but she was oblivious True friends were hard to obtain in the world of the rich and powerful so the elites stay in small groups. Inseparable since birth, 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐓𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐫 always does everything together. The boys also came from very wealthy families just waiting for the moment to take over their fathers' businesses. As transitioning into their so call roles hit them, these innocent feelings of fondness of each other evolves as well. [#1 in Elites] [#2 in TeenFiction] [#1 in Italian] [#4 in Love]