Addicted
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Last published Mon, Nov 9, 2015
Riley Palmer has always maintained control of her outward personality and how she was viewed; blocking the truth that is always just below the surface. Masking the scars of ther twisted childhood, is a wall unable to be penetrated, that was until he came along and showed her all of the cracks.
Nathan Chase has a haunted past of his own. On the outside he is likeable, extroverted and loved by all his peers... everything Riley will never be. Hidden beneath the charms is a side of him only Riley can see.
Using eachother as a drug they both need, someone is bound to get Addicted.
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