Out of Bounds

"Where is Alex?!" I stared at Cheryl, hating that sneer on her face.
"It's Alexander to you. And don't go around clinging to him with your little nails. He is so out of bounds from people like you," Cheryl smiled sweetly, looking down at her nails and examining the manicured tips.
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12 years ago, Evianna Hyde was bullied badly at school for her appearance. Suddenly an 'Alex' shows up, saves her from the bullying and becomes her only friend. Just when she thought everything was finally getting better, it comes crashing back down around her. Alex has mysteriously been away from school and the bullying is worse than ever.

She decides that she cannot take it anymore, and her and her mother move away to Pueblo, Colorado. There she achieves what she has always wanted and more; friends, grades and a sense of place.

She also finds out that Alex is Alexander Peyton, heir of the multi-billion Peyton Enterprises.

Everything changes when her mother dies of breast cancer; she is given two choices:
-to go and live with her grandparents in Tasmania or
-to move in with her aunt Sophia, who lived in Toledo, Ohio, the place of her past

She decides to go back to Toledo, where she finds everything is not what she expected.

Evianna has something to ask Alex: Why didn't he ever come back?

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Alexander 'Alex' Peyton, heir of the multi-billion Peyton Enterprises, is blessed with a brilliant mind and heart-melting looks. He puts both of them to their uses, lending a hand in the Peyton Enterprises at an young age and has no problem snaring the hearts of countless woman; young, beautiful, rich and famous. Never has a woman who has been exposed to his charm gotten away untouched.

So when gorgeous Evianna Hyde shows up suddenly and rejects his advances, he is determined to make her fall in love wih him.

Alex has a feeling that he has met Evianna before, but he doesn't remember seeing her anywhere.