The awkward, lonely girl with no friends has always isolated herself at the back of the classroom finds it hard to fit in. She's put a barrier between herself and people. Will she ever let anyone in? Will the blue-eyed popular boy finally break through her exterior? Her heart is closed, set on keeping it stone. Her past haunts her, lingering wherever she goes. Her one rule: never get attached, nor let herself love. She seals and locks away her emotions, depriving herself of human emotions.
Can Ethan Winchester warm her soul?
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"You can't do that," she tells me, I got the hint crystal clear that she doesn't want me.
My anger starts to build and suddenly I have the urge to get out of here, to get away from her. "Why not, eh?" I ask, my eyes full of building rage. I'm getting tired of feeling like this.
"Because" she starts, "because..." she can't finish her sentence, because there is no reason. She just likes being a cold bitch towards me.
I grab her hand again, and she jerks it back from me, "just give me your hand." She hesitates for a moment before letting me take it again, "you want to know what you do to me Emory Rose, this," I place her palm over my trousers, "this is what you fucking do to me." Her hand rests on the bulge in my pants waiting to break free, just the feel of her delicate hand on my dick could fill me, satisfying me for the night.
✗ "I'm sorry," I choked, the tears spilling down my cheeks. He shook his head and pulled me closer again.
"Don't be sorry, just work on getting better," He said, rubbing calming circles on my back while I cried into his chest. His arms tightened around me and he pressed his lips against the top of my head, making me cry even harder.
"I had never meant to hurt anyone. I just wanted to be good enough," I whispered. The guilt weighing heavy on my shoulders.
"Briar," He said quietly, "You're so much more than good enough." ✗
Meet Briar Martin.
She's popular, rich, smart and pretty, add a perfect boyfriend to that list and her life couldn't be much better, right?
Wrong.
Briar's life is spiralling out of control, and it feels like no one can see her struggle.
No one can help her.
At least, that's what she thinks before Tyler Grey walks into her life, turning everything on it's head.
Tyler is mysterious, charming, and drop dead gorgeous, but does he have what it takes to save Briar from her downward spiral? And what happens when he's the one who needs saving?
Can these two broken people fix each other, and find peace with themselves? Or are some things broken beyond repair?