Ryder he's a bad boy. He gets in fights, smokes, drinks goes to parties, and sleeps around. But he only does that for the attention of Emma. The only girl he watches from afar. He watches as she flinches away from her boyfriend Emmet, how she puts on a fake smile, and goes about her day like nothing is bothering her. Ryder wants to know why. Why she does all these things every time he sees her.
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"Your mine." I say pressing my body onto hers.
"No I'm not Ryder, I have a boyfriend." she says yelling.
I don't think she wants to be with him anymore. But what's holding her back? I will find out. Cause I will do anything to help her.
I lower my head to her ear and press my body into hers some more. That's when I hear her whimper. I smirk and I whisper in her ear, "I really don't give a fuck Em, Emmet is a low life that doesn't deserve you, who doesn't care about you. But I do, I have ever sense I laid eyes on you I can't stop thinking about you."
I continue, "I will be the one to please you, hold you, kiss you, touch you like this" I move my hands up and down her arms, then travel down to her butt, "my sweet Em you will be mine and no one is gonna stop me, not even your little boyfriend."
"St-stop, ple-please." I hear her say.
"Ahh, but I won't. Don't think I haven't noticed you flench ever time Emmet comes near you, I will find out, and I won't stop till I get what I want. And I want you."
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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