"Oomph!" The sound rushed out of my mouth as the door opened before I could reach the handle and my body hit a wall. I took a step back and realized that it wasn't in fact a wall, but instead a very attractive male. I looked up at his head to see a very messy, but sexy, mop of black hair on top of his head. When I looked closer, I noticed that his hair was a very deep brown that was probably often mistaken for black. My gaze traveled downward to his eyes, where I found two deep, ocean blue eyes looking back at me. My gaze travelled farther down to his crooked nose, to which I assumed came from too many fights. My eyes finally found his pink, very plump lips, which were turned into a sneer. "You have got to be kidding me!" His pink lips said in a very offensive voice. My eyes turned questioning as I looked back up into his eyes. "Whatever, lets finish this. I, Ashton Carter, reject you, as my mate." He, or Ashton, said with venom lacing his voice. He quickly turned and walked down the now vacant hallway with no glance back. Rejection? On my first day? The first person I make eye contact with at this school, rejects me. I guess that's how this school works, if the hottest boy in school rejects you, you're a nobody. So much for making friends, or mates, or whatever they call people at this school. I shake those ocean blue eyes out of my head and continue into the office to start my new life.

He was walking away. "That's a very smooth way of saying 'I'm chicken enough to walk away from the truth'. Doesn't the truth sting.That you are a man-whore.That you're selfish and a coward. You always run away from your problems. Or you just go punch a wall" I spat out after him. "Oh yeah, says the girl who pushes everyone away because she isn't brave enough to let anyone in. to share something that is eating her. So tell me Lex, who is the bigger chicken here?" He threw up his hands in frustration and started to walk away. "You don't know a fucking thing about me. But me on the other hand, know a lot about you, you are selfish, a coward and a bloody cheater" I retorted. He whipped his head around and with three long strides; he was three inches away from me. Suddenly, his hand weaved through my long hair and clutched, softly, a fistful of it, tilting my head to meet his inflamed eyes. Inflamed with anger and hurt and something else I still wasn't able to describe. I gulped down empty air. He was scary and now, I really did regret opening my mouth. With untraceable speed, his mouth roughly came on upon mine. ________________________________________________________ Alexandria Merrise has had a rough past and the only person that knows about that is her mom but she is a busy doctor. She has been sold to a circus Seen her dad shot in front of her She has been abused by her step dad And her soul and are heart completely broken beyond repair oh and one more thing: she has been bullied. So what happens when she is forced to tutor her bully : Rafe Merrick who is one of the most richest jerk she has ever seen. Will she stay in the dark? Or open her heart?

Sequel: It would be to your benefit to read the first book before this. "Ashton?" My whisper seemed to travel all the way to them because Ashton and Josh both turn to look my way. I hear him shout my name and a couple seconds later I'm being pulled into a chest. "Evie." Ashton says almost breathlessly, as if he's in shock from seeing me. "Let go of me." I spit out, trying to keep the anger in front of the hurt. "I can't." He whispers. "Well you need to. I thought I made it clear last time, we are done." I say heatedly, anger and hurt crashing through me. Ashton closes his eyes and takes a deep breath, "I'm sorry," he whispers, "but I have to." Panic flirts through me, "Have to what?" Ashton leans down and puts his lips against my neck and starts kissing softly. Heat floods through me and chases away any panic, anger or hurt. I feel my body lean into his embrace and can't help but feel like I should never move from his arms. "I'm sorry." Ashton whispers against my neck. Before I can say anything, I feel his teeth against my neck.