"Your mouth may say you hate me," he whispered, "But your hands...they say otherwise." His eyebrows raised pointedly at my touch on his chest, face wearing a smug and condescending look. "Shit." ••• When pessimistic, straight-A high school student Della Anderson finally succeeds in getting over a messy break up, Luca Meyers proves her wrong by reappearing in her life with a stack of books and the need to graduate. As a favour for his insistent mom, she agrees on tutoring him. However, a fire that seems to have died long ago is ignited and the both of them struggle with the intensity and fragility of first love. Notable rankings: #1 - good guys (01/31/21) #1 - tutoring (08/14/21) #20 - high school sweethearts (11/19/21) #23 - first love (01/31/21) #20 - teen fiction (11/15/20) #32 - high school (07/21/21) #46 - comingofage (07/31/21) #70- betrayal (05/13/21) Copyright, 2017 @dimplesanddonuts. Moved to this account in 2020. All Rights Reserved @Zanzan112. Cover credits at xFakingaSmilex. Thank you so much!

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.