Series After

Chapter 81 – After Hardin leaves shortly after he and Mr. Vance finish bickering about a football game. I apologize for having a visitor, but he brushes it off, telling me that Hardin is like family and he is welcome…

Chapter 82 – After When we get to the room, I plop down on the bed. I am still angry with Hardin but not as angry as I was. I don’t want any more attention from Jace than necessary, but…

Chapter 83 – After Hardin notices Jace the same time that I do and turns to look at me, then back at Jace, tensing immediately. For a second it seems like Hardin might turn us around, but then Jace definitely…

Chapter 84 – After I scramble backward with my hands as Hardin lifts Dan’s head, his hands still wrapped around his neck, and slams it down into the grass. For a second I wonder if Hardin would have done the…

Chapter 85 – After In what feels like a desperate attempt to be closer to me as we kiss, Hardin moves a hand to the back of my neck. I can sense all of his anger and frustration being transferred…

Chapter 86 – After The next morning, bright and early, I scramble around Hardin’s room, gathering my things to take a shower. “I’m coming with you,” he groans, but I laugh. “No, you’re not. You know it’s only six a.m.,…

Chapter 87 – After Hardin signs his name on the bottom of what seems like an endless page before sliding the whole thing over to me. I grab the pen and sign before I can start overthinking it again. I…

Chapter 88 – After look so sexy today,” he says against my neck before gently pressing his lips against my skin. I shiver. “Why . . . why are you here?” “You aren’t happy to see me?” He smiles and…

Chapter 89 – After When I wake up, it takes me a few moments to realize I am still on the couch. “Hardin?” I call out, untangling myself from the blanket. I walk to the bedroom in the hopes he…

Chapter 90 – After I put down my book and check the time on my phone. It’s a little after midnight, so I should try to force myself to go to sleep. He already tried to get me to come…

Chapter 91 – After We haven’t moved from our spot in the chair for at least thirty minutes, when finally Hardin lifts his head from my chest and says, “Can I eat now?” “Yes.” I give him a weak smile…

Chapter 92 – After This woman I’ve lived with values her sense of control so much that there are few times I’ve managed to surprise her, let alone stun her. But here, I have really, truly stunned my mother. Her…

Chapter 93 – After Clearly trying to change the subject, Hardin asks, “So now that we have our own place, I assume you don’t want to stay at my father’s house tonight still?” I force Zed’s beaten face to the…

Chapter 94 – After Where’s Landon?” I ask Hardin when we take our seats. He takes a bite of a croissant. “I don’t know.” “Um, you said he was looking for me?” “He was, but I don’t know where he…

Chapter 95 – After I love coming home!” I proclaim with a squeal as we walk into the apartment, only to then realize it’s freezing. “Except when you turn the heat off.” I shiver and he chuckles. “I still haven’t…

Chapter 96 – After Nervousness overtakes me as I walk through the smoky bar. Why did I think this was a good idea? Hardin is going to be furious with me, and Steph may just think I’m insane. When she…

Chapter 97 – After Everything is happening too fast for me to comprehend. I’m confused, and when I look around the room, I see that I’m surrounded by people who have taunted me no matter hard I tried to fit…