

Before they know it, the two start flirting with each other and eventually kiss in the water. Hardin suddenly enters and the two share a lingering moment before Tessa snaps out of it and leaves.įor the next couple of days, Hardin persuades Tessa to come with him to a lake house. She bluntly refuses and escapes the party, accidentally wandering around Hardin’s house. The group suggests playing Truth or Dare, and Tessa is dared to lock lips with Hardin. There, Tessa gets to know the rest of Steph and Tristan’s clique, which just so happens to include Hardin Scott, a mysterious boy she met in her dorm room. Steph invites Tessa to a party at a frat house, to which she reluctantly agrees. Nevertheless, Tessa gets along with her new friends and settles down at her dorm. Unlike the studious Tessa, Steph and Tristan are all about the party scene. Upon her arrival, Tessa is greeted by Steph Jones, Tessa’s roommate, and her girlfriend, Tristan. On the day of her move-in, she’s accompanied by her caring yet rather controlling mother, Carol Young, and her high school sweetheart Noah Porter. But can he change? Will he change.After introduces Tessa Young, a high school graduate who’s just about to start her first day at Washington Central University as an undeclared economics major. Hardin knows he made a mistake, possibly the biggest one of his life. She put so much on hold for Hardin-school, friends, her mom, a relationship with a guy who really loved her, and now possibly even a promising new career. Still, Tessa's not sure she can endure one more broken promise. Not with the memory of passionate nights spent in his arms. But is he really the deep, thoughtful guy Tessa fell madly in love with despite his angry exterior, or has he been a stranger all along? She wishes she could walk away. She knew he could be cruel, but when a bombshell revelation is dropped about the origins of their relationship-and Hardin's mysterious past-Tessa is beside herself.

After a tumultuous beginning to their relationship, Tessa and Hardin were on the path to making things work.

