"a drunken kiss never means anything to a guy. Not even having kissed someone like you" he said as if he wondered why it didn't mean anything. I looked at him, "like me?" Belly is a 16 year old sophomore in high school. She has huge crush on her best friends brother Conrad Her best friend Jeremiah and his overly gorgeous brother Conrad. She knew she was a terrible person for liking him, but there wasn't really anything she could do now. Conrad was a junior, he is popular very tall and overall a cool person. He has always seen Belly as Jeremiah's annoying little friend. But as summer comes to an end things are just different.

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.

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.