Stephanie:

Everything hurts when everyone turns on you. I wrote a bestseller in college and now, with a crazy deadline, I can't write at all.

For a change of scenery, I head home. But it's not home anymore and everyone gossips about my life like it's their job. Except for him. Benjamin looks nothing like my best friend Benjie from high school. He's still gentle and sweet though. I feel safe with him.

Until one night safe turns into something else. Something that just might last a lifetime.

Ben:

She's back. I've heard the rumors and whispers but I know that the gossips are crazy. My best friend never hurt anyone. If anything, I think she's been hurt.

But I know she wouldn't do anything to anyone on purpose. She hurt me but only because she never came home. I waited and waited for my shot and she just never returned.

Now's my shot though. I'm gonna win her heart and nothing's gonna stop me. She's mine. She's always been mine. I just have to convince her of that.