"I'm fine," I state rather bluntly. "You don't look fine." "Then stop looking." He chuckles, and damn does he. His voice is dessert for the ears, his face is candy for the eyes. If I wasn't so pissed off I might've swooned over him. "How can I? When an angel is so close to me," He smirks. I fully turn myself towards him this time. "Were you there? That night?" I have to know before I think about him in the light any longer. "No." He doesn't even hesitate, "But my father was," "If I may ask, what in the hell prompted him to take my brother from a car accident?" He plasters on a tight-lipped grin, a small tick in his chin. "That's the thing, Hermosa, that night was everything but an accident." (Beautiful) --- This is a small intercept from Beautifully Broken. If you decided to read it I hope you enjoy!

Bella is a shy girl, but when you get to know her she's outgoing. When she was 5 something tragic happened to cause her to be the sheltered girl that flinches at the slightest movements. She always treated people kindly and with respect but she never received it back. She was a target for people to pick on and hurt both physically and mentally. With her father always working she feels alone. But when the bad boy starts to become protective of her she started to see that she wasn't alone anymore. Ryder is a bad boy, he has a past that no one knows about, he sticks to his three best friends, and has really bad anger issues. His blue eyes are always cold and always has that I hate you type of look. But when he sees Bella flinch he stares into her brown eyes seeing pain and fear, yet the fear didn't seem like it was because of him and that caused something to stir inside of him. It makes him hate this feeling and had the urge to protect her from whatever was causing her that fear, and without even knowing she became his everything. With Bellas past catching up to her will Ryder protect her? Are they exactly what they need for each other? Or will they tear each other apart? Read to find out more