The story of a man who loves his mistress more than his wife. #48 Romance - 19.12.17 Copyright © 2017 @_illuminating All Rights Reserved

The sirens of an ambulance were wailing. The rushing of people in and out of the house was loud. People were trying to talk to me. Questioning me. My ears were ringing. But I couldn't focus on anything. Just my hands. The blood on them. Not mine. Just that. I caught a glimpse of the body being dragged away on a stretcher. The white stretcher so strikingly in contrast with the dark red. Someone tried to talk to me again. A doctor. Then everything went black and I fell into darkness. ___________ The past is not something you can escape so easily.

Ashley Martin has been through more grief than a person experiences in their entire life and carries baggage that no kid should ever entail. Tyler Miller is the school's scandalous bad boy who acts on impulse, blinded rage and will single-handedly destroy anybody who stands in his way. Then all of a sudden, they're thrown together and despite their destructive past, they're forced to overcome their differences. It's time for Ashley to stop running away from his death glares, blank stares and that spine-chilling scowl that reminds her just how little he cares. Driven by a whirlwind of secrets, a class assignment and midnight walks into the past, things should start working out. But then fate kicks in; hard-hitting and soul-crushing. It's a fight-or-flight situation, a reincarnation of her past, a chance for him to right the wrongs he did by her. A second chance is like giving someone an extra bullet for their gun after they missed you the first time round. So here's Tyler's gun. Here's Ashley's heart. And here's to their second chance, however hopeless it may seem.