Beyond the Broken Pieces

"Do you always have to be such an asshole?" I say, crossing my arms as I glare at him.
"Do you always have to be such a bitch?" he retorts back.

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Stacey Callahan had recently moved schools after being expelled for something she didn't even do. Her parents had split when she was only eight, and her mom had won full custody of her just last year, when she turned sixteen. Stacey hated it because living with her mom meant living with Satan incarnate-Mike Callahan, her one and only stepdad. She would've preferred to live with her real dad, Luthier Hawthorne, but he was fighting a legal battle with the lawyers trying to take full custody of his little girl, all because of a boxing incident.

Rhys Blackwell was a notorious 17-year-old with a terrible reputation at school. With multiple suspensions on his record, it was surprising he hadn't been expelled yet. Cold and the definition of an asshole, he barely spoke to anyone except his small group of friends-Asher Lockwood and Malakai Prescott. The three of them were always getting into shit: skipping classes to get high, getting into fights... They considered each other brothers.

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-Slowburn
-Mature themes

This book contains sex scenes, physical abuse, rape, sexual assault, drug use, thoughts of suicide, inappropriate language, drinking, and smoking which can be triggering for some readers! Please read at your own risk as there possibly won't be any triggers designated at said chapters.