Forbidden Fruit

Tyler Grey had everything when he was dating Sienna Granger. Popularity. Friends. A reputation. Life was perfect.
Until his life fell apart after discovering she was cheating on him. Now his friends have taken her side and left him, his reputation is shot, and nobody bats an eye around him anymore. What's worse is that her no good older brother has come back to town, and sets his eyes on Tyler.
Tate Granger is a high school dropout with no regard for the rules of society. Everyone has given up on him, including his family. But the more Tyler is around him, the more he realizes that Tate might not be the big bad wolf everyone has made him out to be.
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"I'm nobody anymore!" He shouts with labored breaths. Tate stands there, a new cigarette in hand. "You're somebody to someone." He says back. He looks at him. His stupid face was smiling at him.
He scoffs. "Yeah right."
"I mean it. You are." He sounds sincere, but he can't bring himself to believe him. "Especially to me."
He pretends not to hear him.
And he pretends that his words have no effect on him.