Before We Blew It Up

They say you can have forever to fall in love. That wasn't the case for Harlow and Damon.

BEFORE

What would you do if you had one day left to live?

Harlow has always known her expiration date would come sooner than most, or at least, was more tangible than most. As she gets closer and closer to the date, she decides that she'll spend her last days in the big city of San Francisco, away from all the people she'll cause the most pain. The city represents everything her overprotective -- if justified -- father hates for her, but to her, it represents her chance at a last shot of usefulness.

And maybe, a little too late, she realizes it also represents her last chance at love.

AFTER

A love of crowds doesn't mean you'll find the one you're looking for.

A mostly normal -- if not guaranteed -- lifespan might've been all Harlow ever wanted, once. But even as she gets to grab life by the horns with her friends, Layla and Aaradhya, and continue to improve with her singing career, Harlow always glances back. Looking for someone she made promises to and broke, someone she could've loved, if she hadn't done what she does best. Run away. When the person she expects least but wants most finally collides back into her life, it's not at all what she expected. Not when they're both so different and he represents everything her friend ran away from.

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She doesn't believe in serendipity,
He refuses to give up,
Maybe, they can find love in each other,
Without blowing it all up.

*** Book 2 of the Serendipity trilogy ***
NOT a book where either character is abusive - physically, emotionally, or mentally.

Update 12/16/23: Everything save for the first few chapters will be unpublished as this series will be undergoing a major re-write in the coming months. For updates and information on how to read the first draft still, find me on IG under @author_linguisticsaddict.