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.

This book will be reduced to a 3 chapter sample read from 1st October 2019 WARNING R-RATED *Mature romance suitable for over 18's only due to language, situations, historical references and sexual content* This is the second book in the series and should be read after Lucky 7. After Tasha Winters, a twenty one year old English actress is invited to go to New York to meet with some executives from a leading Hollywood studio she becomes embroiled in a passionate, whirlwind romance. Never in her wildest dreams did she imagine what she thought would be one week to become so much more. Having communicated from opposite sides of the Atlantic Jim comes to visit with one goal in mind, convincing her to agree to marry him, to become his Lucky 7 and to move back to L.A. Having finally accepted his proposal and with plans to make her home with him Tasha expresses some reservations, even suggesting that they should take a step back over dinner. Expecting protestations and to be stampeded by James she is stunned when he says nothing. Convinced that his silence means he agrees that they should take a step back, a huge and lifelong step back Tasha decides that she should have listened to the warning bells in her head all along and steered clear of her older, handsome lover, but she refuses to beg for his love so prepares to leave. Is there a way back for them or are they destined to travel very separate paths and where will the path they travel take them?

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.

{I wrote this in 7th grade, so I apologize for how poorly it may have been written. It's a little cringey but a lot of you seem to really enjoy it HAHA. The story is NOW COMPLETED and I hope you enjoy!} "Kiss me." He smirked pulling me closer to his chest. "Andrew I have a boyfriend." I nervously reminded him. "I don't care." I stared up at his dark eyes as they intently stared back. "Let go of me." "Why?" I tried to pull away and failed miserably. His grip was just too tight around my waist. "I said let go!" I screamed at him clenching my jaw. My frustration seemed to amuse him. "Stop being such a freaking prude Ash." He chuckled with a smirk. He leaned in closer just inches away from my ear. My heart hammered against my chest when I felt his hot breath on my ear. "I want you." ••• Ashley Freely. That's the girl. The girl that I needed to know. The girl, I couldn't stop thinking about. I knew from that first day that she would be mine. I knew that despite everything in our way, that I'd make her my girl. I knew she wasn't available to me, but I didn't care. Somehow, someway, I'd get her. There was just something that pulled me in. Everything about her intrigued me, and for the first time I knew what I wanted. I wanted her.