«Smiling doesn't always mean you're happy. Sometimes, it simply means that you are a strong person.»
When Valentino Omerald entered his new school two years ago, it was everything he thought it was going to be --the annoying jocks trying to get the under-dressed cheerleaders, the nerds playing chess in the corner, the occasional hallway surfers, and most importantly, the girls trying to get his attention.
Two years later --his senior year, and not much has changed, except for him, and well his attitude, and this time, not much girls try to get his attention, expect for one brunette beauty trying to get him to do something he's not fond of doing.
Smiling.
Especially when she has a tendency of taking pictures, everywhere she goes. [Literally she has a camera around her neck, everywhere she goes,]
❝There is a different between a smile and a scowl, a smile will always look better,❞
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//Has begun xD\\
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❝You're frowning,❞ he murmured, tapping his forefinger on one corner of her mouth. ❝I hate it when you frown. It makes me want to tear to pieces whatever has upset you.❞
❝Then tear down that armour, Asa,❞ she told him, leaning her face into his palm because it was starting to feel like home and it terrified her, but also brought her peace. ❝Tear away that outer skin and wear the one you were born with like its gold, because it is.❞ She brought up her free hand to cover his one that was holding her face. ❝Because right now, that is what's upsetting me.❞
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In which Asa San Román, popular swimming champion of Reichenbach High, is afraid his looks are all that he'll be liked for... but then meets Carmen West, the girl with midnight hair and thundercloud eyes, who reminds him that beauty is soul-deep instead.
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**Please note that only half the book is currently available on Wattpad. Chapter 39 onwards is unpublished due to copyright reasons now that TYE is an officially published paperback & ebook**