Breaking the Distance
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Last published Sun, Mar 12, 2017
Arabella Hart and Ashton Everret have shared and experienced everything from first name initials, sleepovers, and fights with the toughest kids in school. It was like the world was personally cheering for them.
But the death of Bella's parents sends her across to England, leaving behind everything that truly mattered to her anymore. Bella and Ash had made a promise to always stick together, right before Bella departs.
Although, promises are hard to keep when you're miles apart.
When Bella comes back, aged eighteen, to find Ashton waiting in the same place he left her, she doesn't know how to handle the boy who has both completed her and shattered her. Still reeling from his betrayal four years prior, she finds herself stuck between wanting to push away or breaking the distance.
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