After All *ON HOLD*
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Last published Thu, Mar 21, 2013
Courtney Robins has never been the type of girl to let love run her life. Love has always seemed to let her down.Smart, beautiful, and independent. Her main focus in life is to graduate college with her best-friend Lynn: no problems, no drama, no complications.That is, until Sean O'Reill enters her life. Handsome, caring, and every girls dream. Though, Sean cant seem to let go of his new-found hate for Love. Aching over his recent heartbreak, fate brings him and his friends to Courtney and Lynn's favorite diner, where a seemingly innocent bet to ask a random girl out, can forever change both their lives. What happens when the bet turns into something real for Sean? Did he ever think that stepping foot inside the fast food joint would change his entire world completely? What happens when Courtney finally lets down her guard and learns to love again? What happens when Sean's ex Cassandra re-enters the picture? Is Courtney just a rebound? Or could she be just what Sean needs?
One bet.
That's all it took for those two people to have their lives collided as one.
What will happen when love is lost, trust is destroyed, and honesty is broken?
Will the two overcome the past and stay true to each other? Or will it just haunt them and lose the one person they need the most, each other.
Through all the lies and complications could love prevail.... After All?
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