Natalie had always been a fairly happy girl with a life that she was content with. At least until six months ago when her lifelong best friend, with who she had shared everything with up until that point, suddenly decided that they needed to end their friendship with no warning. The life that she had known and loved shattered around her, taking her with it. Now, she's closed herself off from everyone around her and made a vow to herself to never let anyone in again in an effort to never have to go through that pain again.
For six months, her plan had gone smoothly and seemed fail-proof. That is until Riley, who happens to be way too handsome and charming for his own good, abruptly finds his way into her life and flips her world upside down. No matter how much she pushes him away and tries to keep her vow, she keeps finding herself in situations that could ruin everything she's worked so hard for. The more she's around him and is struck by the light he brings into the world, the harder it becomes to keep her vow, and herself, safe. Her life starts to spin out of her control as she tries to figure out what Riley really wants, who he really is, and why her gut keeps telling her that there is more to him than she could ever imagine.
As if her plate wasn't already full enough, she's also troubled with trying to figure out why Colton has been acting the way he has and why he really left her. Natalie's life has become anything but simple. But it can only go up from here, right? Wrong. The catastrophic rollercoaster that has become her life has only just begun. Will Natalie ever be able to let down the walls guarding her heart or will she miss out on any

Remember Me

When we reach my bike, I drop her hand and climb on while her words replay in my mind. ‘That will never happen again.' Yeah, it would most definitely happen again. Challenge thrown down. Challenge accepted. She looks at me and it drives me crazy, it drives me calm. My god, I’m at peace when I don’t deserve it. Just being around her feels as if she took a knife to my chest and sliced me open to let my darkness bleed out. Being around her feels like I crawled into myself and confronted my soul. Being around her? It makes me feel naked, burdens on display, scars ruptured, making everything intense like an open wound. And I had snapped. 


I wanted to punish her and kiss her at the same time for the way she was making me feel. That fucking mouth would be the end of me. I loved it when she used it to smile- and even more when she used it to laugh. But it was so much better when it was moving against mine. A girl was never part of the plan. But it feels so good to be near her. 


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