Emily Noah is a fun-loving girl who likes to see the best in people. She believes in a fairy tale love just like the way it's written in the books. People don't actually care they're just extremely nosy. Due to his past, Jake Di vaio has labelled everyone as judgmental, nosy, rude and distrusting especially when it comes to the girls. He has never met someone who was interested in getting to know him as a person and not his past. Until he meets Emily. The moment they meet there is an undeniable attraction between them, but their relationship starts on rocky grounds due Jake's trust issues. When Emily realizes she has feelings for Jake she decides it's best to bury them because of all the unspoken rules and barriers he has put up. Their journey begins with four words. A lot can happen during summer. Especially with an ex convict. A summer filled with heartbreak, denial, grief, deception, facing and overcoming past demons awaits them all. Will Emily win Jake over? Will Jake let Emily in? Will she have her fairy tale love? Or will she be left broken?
The sequel to This Summer. A year has passed since Jake has left and Emily is still trying to pick up the pieces that remain of her heart. Still trying to find a way to move on with what he had left behind. Jake has lived the past year regretting some of his decisions. He wishes he could purge all the words he uttered that day. Now he is coming back and wishes that all he does now, all his actions and the words that will tumble from his lips make up for all the pain he has caused her to feel. This time everything will be left out in the open. Cards bared, walls left unguarded and gates wide open. Can all love stories really have happy endings? Or do we just learn to make peace with some endings. This could be the beginning or ending of everything. Five words ended their journey, could five words also begin their journey?
Labels. They are used to define what we are, who we are. They keep us caged in a box of expectations and perfection. They keep a hold on us. It is not everyday that you hear someone in your school tried to commit suicide much less, Everest, the guy who seemed to have the world at his feet. So you can imagine the surprise that I feel when the first piece of information that I receive on my first day of senior year is that Everest tried to commit suicide. They are two sides to a coin. There are two sides to a story, all you have to do is be willing to listen and understand.
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