After (After, #1)

by Anna Todd

All that I’m certain of is that my life and my heart will never be the same, not after Hardin crashed into them.

Women want what they can’t have. Mr. Darcy’s rude attitude is what drew Elizabeth to him,

Real

“You have no idea how good I can make you feel,” he says, and I gasp. How does he go from yelling at me to this? And why do I like it so much? I have no words. Hardin’s tone and dirty words make me weak, vulnerable, and confused. I have become a rabbit in a fox’s trap.

Girl same

“What are you doing to me, Tess,” he says softly, and rubs his thumb over my bottom lip.

Idk but i like it

His words unravel me. This indecent, drunken, terrible man just said he needs me, and somehow it sounds like poetry to my ears. Hardin is like a drug; each time I take the tiniest bit of him, I crave more and more. He consumes my thoughts and invades my dreams.

Truth

“Hotel? Wait—he doesn’t stay with you?” “No, he has a hotel room close by.” “And you stay there with him?” “No, he stays there,” I say sheepishly, “and I stay in my room.” “Is he straight?” Hardin asks, his bloodshot eyes dancing in amusement. My eyes go wide. “Of course he is!” “Sorry, but something is not right there. If you were mine, I wouldn’t be able to stay away from you. I would fuck you every chance I had.”

Im cackling

The problem is that I can’t stay away from Hardin. I am a moth to his flame, and he never hesitates to burn me. Both were stupid and naïve ideas, but I haven’t made one good choice since I’ve met Hardin.

“Why don’t you believe me?” he almost whispers. “Because you always do this: you say a few nice things and then you flip the switch and I end up crying.”

“Get what? I don’t get what, Hardin?” “That I want you. More than I have ever wanted anyone or anything in my entire life.” He looks away from me.

Oooo

“Do you remember when you asked me who I love the most in the world?” he asks, his lips inches from mine. I nod, though it seems so long ago, and I didn’t think he was even paying attention. “It’s you. You’re the person that I love most in the world.”

my fav

know you are new at this dating thing, but people don’t usually insult their girlfriend and ask them to move in with them in the same sentence,”