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.

He never knew life could be this way, but truly if he did, he wouldn't have cared. He cared about nothing, not even himself until her. Before her, he was empty/ Before her he knew nothing of joy or completion, and this is his journey to his life After her.

She's used to staying at home, studying, reading and writing. He's used to being on tour, girls screaming his name and singing number one hits. The day they meet, they will never forget. From then on she's constantly in his head. She thought that they would never meet each other again, but she thought wrong. They see each other again. Maybe it was a coincident, maybe it was fate that brought him to her. Her 13 year old self would call him distraction but her 18 year old self calls him Niall. Enjoy reading, vote and comment. It would mean a lot. All the love. C xx

[I wrote this at the beginning of 2013 and I was just starting to get settled with the techniques in writing. No worries, I've exceedingly improved far after finishing this story.] Niall Horan was a famous boxer. He was only inlove with boxing, nothing else. That is, one night, before his match, Olivia somehow stumbles her way into meeting him. But, not the way she would have wanted to. No one could steal his heart. No one but . . . her.

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When Alyssa Thomas goes off to college, she is left heartbroken after a messy breakup with her unfaithful ex. Instead of letting her despair swallow her, she throws the biggest party the city has ever seen. One Direction happens to be playing that night at a venue nearby, and decide to make an appearance after intercepting word of the party. Niall is automatically attracted to Alyssa, who is in a vulnerable position from her recent breakup. They take things way to fast, making a mistake that proves to be One Direction's best kept secret, but not for long, because the night changes all too fast.

{book 1} ✓ - ❝ Once upon a time… Wait, are you shitting me? This story doesn’t start like this. On the contrary! This story is about a girl who thought had enough of men but, of course, her words backfired on her face. Yeah, this girl is me. An average girl… Okay, not so average, more insane, I would say. Whatever. This is my story and if you want to know what happened, keep reading, because it all started with an eating contest. ❞