35 parts Complete Mature"There's no way to shut me up unless I get what I want and I get it my way," she stated stubbornly.
"Oh really?" Calum challenged. The girl shrugged. He grabbed her hand and pulled her into his chest.
He bent down to attach his lips to her ear, sending chills down her spine and adrenaline into her bloodstream. "I could think of better ways. Especially since you want to keep moving that mouth of yours,"
Their relationship can only be described as full of spite, rage, sarcasm, and pity. Elise finds herself in for a ride when she finds out the new Australian playboy is moving into her neighborhood. She promises herself that she wouldn't fall for his ways. She has too much to focus on: school, work, family, and her father; who was recently involved in a tragic accident.
Summer is ending. School has begun. It's no surprise to Elise when she sees a new girl in his bedroom every other night. She plans to think nothing more of it but the playboy planting his seeds. But as a sequence of events forces Elise and Calum to get along, Elise finds herself building a new path, possibly a more beneficial one. And Calum finds within himself something he's never experienced before; feelings.
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