Being an abused teenager is not easy, its emotional, painful, depressing, and so on... Running for places to hide becomes a challenge. Keeping your secret life a secret from people at school becomes harder each day. You don't think anybody truly cares for you. You just want to give up, you feel useless.. Until he comes into your life. He changes everything. Everything you once thought you lost was back, but in a new type of way. You learn to trust. To take the fall. He shows you what it feels like to be loved, to feel safe, to feel protected, but will it last? Or all come crashing down?

{book 2} ✓ - ❝ I'm tired of pity, of everyone looking at me like "poor Zayn, infatuated with his best mates's girl". I know it's not okay and if it were so easy to forget about her I would've done it already. It's not. But I just need time, not people to pity me and force me to move on. Why can't they understand that? I just need time and someone to understand. ❞

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.