"What are you doing to me Matilda?" Riley whispers, resting his large, soft hand carefully upon my cheek, rubbing circles around my dimple and back up higher near my cheek bone. His action left tingles running over my face, igniting some sort of flame throughout my body that I have never in my right mind felt before.
His eyes made me feel like he was looking through my soul, looking at every insecurity, every wall I had built up for years, stripping me bare.
Stupidly it felt right, good even.
I wish I could see whatever he sees in me because every time he looks at me the way he's looking now, I feel like my world is about to go crashing down and it's all because of this notorious bad boy that goes by the name of Riley Waters.
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A journey between the popular, admirable good girl Matilda Rent and the dangerous, hard headed badboy Riley Waters.
You can never love someone unless you love yourself. But what happens when you don't even know who you are anymore?
I guess all it takes is someone special to show you that you'll never be brave if you don't get hurt, you'll never learn if you don't make mistakes and you'll never be successful if you don't encounter failure.
•••"Life goes on... Whether you choose to move on and take a chance in the unknown. Or stay behind locked in the past, thinking of what could of been."•••
UPDATING WEEKLY
Author: marnieryan
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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