"Please?" His voice pleading. His eyes, too. "Please what? Please what, asshole?" Kalmado kong tanong. Nararamdaman ko na naman ang galit na nabubuhay sa dibdib ko. He remained quiet for a moment so I decided to walk out. Again. "I'm sorry. I really am. I don't know how will I ever earn your trust again, but I want you to know that I am sorry for everything." I breathed heavily. Trying to regain my composure. Trying to find the right words to add up the fire consuming in my heart. Because if I won't, talo ako. Baka bumigay ako. Hindi na nga ako mahal, eh. "You have nothing to work for if you are thinking to regain my trust. Because in the first place? Hindi ko kailanman naibigay yun sayo, Corinth. So there is no point. Now if you'll excuse me." Agaran akong tumalikod para umalis. "Is that where you're good at? Ang hindi makinig? You haven't heard me yet." Puno ng hinanakit ang boses niya. Parang anumang oras, bibigay na talaga ako. Nanatili akong nakatalikod dahil natatakot ako. What if he'll see in my eyes clearly how much this thing is trying to rule over me. Na anumang oras, papatawarin ko siya. Ganito ba talaga pag mahal mo? You're willing to do impossible things? But who said forgiving the one you love is impossible? Only helpless people don't do that. Pag masyado mo kasing mahal, minsan pati sarili mo kinukunsinti mo na kahit alam mong hindi dapat. Kaya tayo nasasaktan. At wala tayong ibang dapat sisihin kundi ang mga sarili natin.

The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.

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

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.