Anastasia was seventeen years old. She was a junior in high school. Her father was a banker and her mother, a fashion designer for Burberry. Her younger sister , Rochelle, a sophomore in Madeleine Stowe School, was sixteen years old. They all lived together in their four bedroom apartment. Anastasia's father loved her very much and Rochelle was her mother's favorite. Life was easy to an extent until Anastasia's father's work took him to another city. Life changed drastically for Anastasia as her mother didn't like her, and her mother's hatred had passed to her sister who now avoided her even in school. Anastasia did all the chores at home, while her sister partied and had fun. Anastasia also had to cope with school at the same time, leaving no space for her to take care of herself or health. Anastasia had just entered her Junior year, when Raven was transferred to her school. Raven was eighteen years old and he was transferred into the Junior class. He formerly attended Justice high school where he was framed for sexual harassment by his girlfriend. The truth about him being innocent was revealed but he still left because of the rumors. Due to the scandal he decided to move with his family to a new city where he wasn't known as he wanted to live a quiet life.He had to miss a year due to an incident that happened in his former school. Although Raven immediately got popular thanks to his looks and build, he wasn't comfortable around people especially after what had happened, so he always went to the library. He loved the library because it was always quiet and people couldn't disturb him much there. On a fateful day, he ran from people and went to the library and met Anastasia, sitting on the floor immersed in a book. He was immediately attracted to her. After a couple meetings , he summoned courage to talk to her. They soon became friends and soon started dating. Raven told Anastasia the truth about his former school. Unknown to them Rochelle who envied their relationship had followed them and heard everything Raven told Anastasia. She exposed Raven through an anonymous group making Raven believe it was Anastasia considering it was only she who knew. Raven broke up with Anastasia due to the pain and not being able to forgive her.They moved into their senior year, trying to heal from their broken hearts, but Anastasia couldn't move on. She didn't know her sister had set her up and couldn't pinpoint what caused Raven to believe it was her. She tried so many times to talk to Raven but he kept ignoring her. Raven moved on and dated one of the cheerleaders in their senior year, which made school much worse for Anastasia.Andrea, Anastasia's only friend at work who was a long graduate, had long fallen in love with Anastasia. They got closer and on a fateful day, they made out. They considered seeing each other but after a couple attempts had to stop because Anastasia hadn't moved on and she kept hurting Andrea.In school the bullying increased and the stigma glued to her like a second skin, preventing her from relating with people. She also found out the reason her mother hated her was because she was born through a surrogate. She also learnt the hatred started when her mother finally conceived.She finally graduated and got into college , where she was studying accounting, hoping to be a banker like her father. She had lost all contact with her mother and sister. One day, Raven got into the same school as Anastasia as they had planned to go there before. He was in a bar when he overheard Rochelle talking with her friends , laughing happily on how she got in between her sister and Raven. Raven who had been struggling with his feelings because of his deep love for Anastasia found out the truth about Anastasia.She was on her way to class when she bumped into Raven. She was stunned and speechless. She briskly walked away not giving him any chance of communication. For the next few days she couldn't get Raven out of her mind.Raven who was already deeply missing Anastasia blamed himself and wanted to get back with her. He looked for her all over the campus and finally found her major. He began following her trying to talk to her, but Anastasia didn't want to be heart broken again.One of the days she was avoiding Raven, she almost got hit by a car. The owner got down and helped her up. They exchanged contacts because he wanted to check on her Incase of any injuries. The guy, Xavier, majored in art and was very rich. But unknown to people he was an extremely toxic person. He was a woman beater and drunkard. He began following Anastasia and they started seeing each other although they didn't date. Knowing the type of person Xavier, Raven kept fighting hard to protect Anastasia. He tried to warn her but she didn't listen. Anastasia visited Xavier at his house and Xavier attempted to rape her. He had beaten her and she was already weak. Raven, saved Anastasia and she forgave him.They lived happily together.