The Boy Next Door

"Emily, we can't." He said softly as he cupped my face. "There are things about me that you wouldn't understand. Things that would scare you."

I shook my head violently as the tears threatened to spill out. He can't just leave me like this.

"You can't just leave me, Ryder!" I said, voicing my thoughts. He shook his head as he let his hand fall from my face.
When a new kid shows up at Mansonville High, Emily Walker is first to have an encounter with the charming Ryder Wade. Not knowing that he was her new neighbor. Straying from her normal quiet self, Emily goes out of her way to help him around the school. Soon they become friends, and just as quickly Emily finds herself falling for Ryder. However, Ryder has a secret, and he will stop at nothing to keep it a secret. Even if it means pushing away the one thing he wants.