Once upon a time, a girl made a vow never to give her heart to someone undeserving . . . for the sake of her happiness and heartbreak.
Lydia Hayes has had enough grief in her life. After the death of her mother, she was torn. As for her father, he picked up his life and moved on. Lydia hides behind a temporary mask of 'I'm fine' and 'everything's going to be okay' when she is far from that.
Enter Miguel Acosta, the boy next door. He notices Lydia one night and hasn't been able to take his eyes off her. While he's silently protecting and observing her from afar, she is meek and silently being dragged into an abyss of darkness.
Lydia takes an instant interest to Miguel and the beautiful smirk he wears.
However, when a night out manages to panic Lydia, Miguel springs to the rescue. Lydia begins to notices that Miguel is rather fond of protecting her.
Lydia now realizes that she'd made a vow that she might just break.
WARNING: This story contains mature themes such as: language, violence, self harm and abuse. Read at your own risk!
This image I used to made the cover is a photograph taken by Marina Williams (@marinawphoto) on Twitter!
#1 FAMILY PROBLEMS
"I'll leave you alone." His words filled the tormenting silence, "After tonight you won't have to see me again, only in class and that's it."
My heart ached at his words, why? This should be a good thing, I wouldn't have to deal with Alejandro Rodriguez ever again.
So why... Why does the thought of him not being around hurt.
I stopped playing with my food and slowly lifted my head to look at him. He stared straight into my watery eyes. His face filled with regret and concern.
He stood up from his seat and walked over to me, squatting down to my level. "Hey, hey." He softly whispered his hands holding both of my mines, softly caressing them with his thumb. "Please don't cry, por favor." He reached a hand to my face and gently wiped the tears.
"I-I don't want you to leave me alone." My voice breaking and my vision filling with tears.
Layla Cruise, is the most popular girl in high school with a perfect life, people call her the Golden girl. Perfect curly hair, perfect boyfriend. However, thats what they see when she's at school. Remove the glam and glitter, wipe off the makeup and you'll find a trickle of bruises her boyfriend leaves her.
TW: this story contains strong themes (SA, Language, and sexual content)