Life Through a Lens
starysmiles
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  • Reads 97,464
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  • Parts 24
  • Time 5h 35m
starysmiles
Ongoing, First published Feb 24, 2015
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❝Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.❞ 
                              ❝What if someone can't dance?❞ 
❝Then they find someone to teach them the moves,❞

A summer adventure filled with a little love, a little lie and a whole lot of photography.

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Chasing You

62 parts Complete Mature

-"Fuck I can't wait to taste you." He says under his heavy breath. Excitement courses through my body as Tyler wraps my legs around his waist so he can pick me up. He carries me across the room and rests me down on a table. I can feel his hard cock against my now throbbing pussy as he uses his hips to shift me back. In this moment I realize I want him- all of him. - ••• Let's face it- everyone has "that person". That person that you can't forget about, no matter how hard you try. That person you would have done anything for, or anything to be with.. but, what happens when you and that person can't be together? B is a naive young girl who would do anything to have the perfect high school fling- until she meets Tyler. Tyler is older, more mature, and off limits. B faces many hurdles, twists, and turns as she tries to keep her relationship with Tyler a float. ***BOOK TWO, (Tempted by you) IN PROCESS***

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