Before

The relationship of Hardin and Tessa - stormy, passionate - were not always cloudless. What did you survive, through which the “modern Mr. Darcy and Lisie Bennett” went before becoming Hesse - people who feel each other, think in unison and live for each other? After all, it all started completely difficult. Yes, and could the relations of the “bad guy” and “good girl” from the very beginning resemble idyll? Interestingly, the “bad guy” himself will tell about this.

The story of the relationship between Hardin and Tessa, told on behalf of Hardin. She, in principle, repeats the events of the novel “After”, except that she is supplemented by the thoughts and experiences of Hardin (plus several more characters like his real father and brother, revealing the past of Hardin), who remained behind the scene in previous books. Hardin is a tall thin brunette, whose body is covered with tattoos and piercing. It kills time for reading, studying, which is given to him playfully, and short -term connections with girls. He has no affection, he is in no hurry to get closer to his father, Ken Scott, who, as it turned out later, is not even his father. The real dad of Hardin is Christian Wans, a longtime friend of his mother. When Tessa enters the university, a gray -eyed chopping blonde, Hardin - as she understands later, he immediately falls in love with her. At the same time, he is disgusted by her character: arrogance, reputation, he seems to him to dress the funny manner of dressing - into baggy skirts and shapeless t -shirts and sweaters. Nevertheless, Hardina is insurmountable to Tess.