That was then
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Twins Carter and Carson Miller need to get away from their fighting parents in the middle of a divorce. So where a place that is far away and nothing is like California? England, London to be exact. The twins move to London and attend Kingston University there they meet Sara and Greyson they soon become friends. Carson gets a boyfriend Devon who was bad news, but that was then and this is now. Now the four share a flat and Sara and Carson work at Dottie's café when one day the world's biggest boy band comes in and Carson is nothing but rude to them she doesn't know who they are but it's not like it would change anything. After Devon Carson became badass she doesn't and won't let anyone get close enough to hurt her again. Well...that's what she thought anyways. So what will happen when Carson's ex come back in the picture? Will she learn to trust the boys or will she keep her walls up? Does Carson possibly have feeling for a certain spoon fearing boy?
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