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

Genevieve was a girl of simplicity and self value. The bartender down the road was quite the opposite. In which a stupid boy makes a stupid bet with a stupid girl and everything goes downhill. - Maybe it was the way the smoke blew from his lips. Or maybe it was the way he flexed his muscles as he washed down the bar counter. There was something, something about him she couldn't resist. - Luke Hemmings A.U (STRONG LANGUAGE USED. TRIGGERING SCENES. Read at your own risk) Started October 2014 - Ended © 2016 TaraNoell. All rights reserved

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.