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.

Jessica Summers meets her new teacher Harry Styles and it all hits off from there. Jessica's mother is a alcoholic and her father is said to be dead. After 4 days of meeting Harry he offers for her to move into his apartment. While she is there their relationship grows, but after some news her father is alive things go downhill when she hears some devastating news of what Harry has been up to, what will she do?

"Why did you try to kill yourself?" "You told me to be happy."

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.

The passionate story of Tessa and Hardin continues as family secrets, deep betrayals, and career opportunities threaten to tear them apart.