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.

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.

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It was supposed to be a simple summer. One house. One season. No complications. Then Niall meets Juliet. Juliet has always felt like she was standing on the edge of something bigger. With runway lights in her eyes and a passport waiting in her drawer, she feels the horizon calling her forward. She believes in timing. In signs. In the quiet thread that ties certain souls together long before they understand why. She has always trusted that when something is meant for her, she will feel it. Niall has built his life on loyalty. On knowing where the lines are drawn. On protecting what matters. He does not chase chaos. He does not test fate. But the moment their eyes meet, something shifts. It's something quiet and impossible to ignore. The kind of look that feels like a door opening somewhere deep inside them both. As if this isn't the start of something new, but the return of something that has always been there. The space between them grows warmer, heavier with meaning, and the moment stretches, suspended and breathless, like the world is gently rearranging itself around what is about to begin. Under the same roof, the smallest things begin to matter. Conversations stretch long past midnight. Laughter lowers into something softer. Proximity becomes charged with awareness. Every shared glance feels intentional. Every almost touch feels inevitable. What starts as curiosity deepens into something tender and consuming in the quietest way. And beneath it all is the understanding that some connections do not wait for permission. Some feelings arrive already fully formed. Some summers are not accidents. Juliet wants the world. Niall wants somewhere that feels like home. But when destiny feels this close, when longing feels this certain, the real question is not whether they will fall. It is what it will cost them when they do. A steamy, slow burn brother's best friend romance about loyalty, longing, and the kind of love that feels both forbidden and fated.

November Smith -- the girl that everyone knows. The same one that every guy wants to take out on a date. Micheal Kingston -- king of the school, and all of the ladies in it. They drool over his gorgeous looks, and the rich-boy attitude. Except for Nova. She couldn't care less about that boy, unlike every other girl. Micheal doesn't even know her, let alone speak to her. He's never seen her in his entire life. Or so he says. Their parents just happen to be friends from back when they were in high school. So, when Micheal's parents want him to be more responsible and mature, they start a search for his perfect wife who will set him straight and tell him right from wrong. His parents are offering half a million dollars to whoever take a up on the offer. Nova's parents jump at the offer, making their daughter take the position of his wife. The two clash when they meet, immediately hating each other. they despise every last bit. He's a disgusting jerk who doesn't care about anyone but himself. She's a stuck up baby who is a goody-two-shoes. But they'll have to sort everything out when they hear his parents' first words to the married couple. "We want you two to have a child."

This is Scarlett. She is 16 years old and has been living in an orphanage since she was 3. Scarlett considers herself as a normal 16 year old girl with a few complications. She was born with a stutter. That means that she stutters. A lot. When Scarlett had just turned 3, Scarlett and her parents were in a fetal accident. Scarlett was lucky. Her parents one the other hand weren't so lucky. Both adults had serious brain damage. And that is how they died. Scarlett being young didn't know what to do. Hours later she was sent to the orphanage. Ever since the crash, Scarlett has been to scared to even come out of her room. Some days, she wouldn't even come out to eat. on the inside, Scarlett hopes everyday she'll be adopted. One day that wish comes true. On October 13th 2014, Scarlett May was adopted. Scarlett was overjoyed. But at the same time very very scared. She didn't know what to expect from her new guardian (s). She soon found herself living with One Direction.

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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.