Everything to Know About After We Fell, the Third Book in Anna Todd's Series - POPSUGAR Australia (2024)

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What happens in the 3rd After book? ›

As we find out throughout book three, Tessa's dad has been getting mixed up in the wrong crowd while also developing a heavy drug addiction. Seeing how Hardin's dad, Chancellor Scott, was able to straighten up his life, Tessa hopes she can help her own dad do the same.

Background. Dan had it out for Hardin for sleeping with and exploiting his sister. He attempted to sexually assault Tessa after Steph drugged her to get revenge on Hardin. His efforts were thwarted, and no legal charges were pressed against him.

Hardin catches on though and storms out of the bar in disbelief. The movie ends with Tessa finding Hardin as he walks out the bar and the pair coming together for an emotional hug and kiss on the streets of London as the credits roll.

Steph drugs Tessa's drink and coaxes her into an empty room. There, she confesses that she despises Tessa and that it wasn't Zed who stole Hardin's phone and texted her on his birthday.

Two years after graduating NYU, Hardin and Tessa fall pregnant after trying for quite some time and even sadly suffering a miscarriage. After welcoming a miracle baby girl they welcome a baby boy six years later – who would have thought Hardin would be a parent to two kids!?

At Landon's wedding Hardin proposes and he and Tessa run off to Vegas to get married. After a miscarriage, they have a daughter and a son.

The book ends with Tessa finding out a shocking betrayal from Harry — I mean Hardin. Hardin made a bet with his edgy friends to take Tessa's virginity, which he succeeded in taking. He even saved the bloody sheets from when they did it to show his friends, which is disturbing.

What made Hardin toxic from the start was the reveal that his relationship with Tessa was just a dare. Molly shows the video of him proposing to get Tessa to fall in love with him and then shutting off cold turkey. The fact of the matter is that Hardin was willing to hurt Tessa this way just because she rejected him.

(view spoiler) Hardin & Tessa are married and have 2 kids. Hardin is a writter and Tessa is a wedding planner. They live in New York.

Trish met Ken Scott in England and they married and had a son together who they named Hardin.

Does Hardin cheat on Tessa? ›

The fight leads to another revelation: Hardin filmed having sex with a girl for another bet. Angry and disappointed, Tessa asks for time. She reads a letter he wrote, explaining his past and relents once again. She loves him despite all of it.

Tessa has a condition called, "cervical insufficiency", meaning that her cervix is shorter than the average woman. Her condition made it difficult for her to get pregnant and carry a child to full-term, which caused her to have a miscarriage.

After Ever Happy

Tessa comes home following her breakup from Hardin to find her father dead on the bathroom floor.

In the night, Tessa hears Hardin screaming in his sleep. He tells her that when he was a child, he witnessed several men raping his mother, and the event still gives him nightmares.

After 3 - Chapter 286.

Tessa Young - Tessa dated Noah during high school and the first few weeks of college. They were high school sweethearts, but she didn't feel the same connection to Noah that she did Hardin. They later broke up when Noah discovered her affair with Hardin.

Portrayal. Carol Young is a character in the After film series. She is portrayed by Selma Blair and Mira Sorvino. Carol is the controlling mother of Tessa Young, and is adamant on the downfall of Tessa's relationship.

Hardin is the only person Tessa has ever had serious sexual relations with. They have broken up and gotten back together over a dozen times throughout the novel series.

Eventually, Tessa and Hardin become parents to two children called Emery and Auden. The final part of the book flashes all the way forward to a teenage Emery heading off to school with her younger brother Auden.

Emery and Auden Scott - Hardin is the father of Emery and Auden.

Who does Tessa have kids with? ›

At the end of the series, Will marries Tessa, having two children, Lucie and James, with her. Jem has to separate from both of them now that he is a Silent Brother, however, when Will dies in 1937 of old age, his family and friends, Tessa, and Jem are all by his side.

After co-stars Hero and Josephine Langford play the intense couple that is Hardin and Tessa in Anna Todd's book series-turned-film series, and although they have some seriously good on-screen chemistry, they are not in a relationship.

Tessa's age in After We Collided

When she returns to the apartment she shared with Hardin, she is surprised to find that he got her a very thoughtful birthday present: A Kindle with all of her favorite books on it. That makes Tessa 19 years old at the end of After We Collided.

Hardin spelled out, I love you on Tessa's back during their bubble bath together, as she was trying to guess what he was writing. She didn't know what it was and he chose not to tell her the truth and kissed her. Hardin called her, "my Elizabeth Bennet", in his letter to her.

We can tell Tessa has changed because she now wears a wig with stiff bowl-cut bangs that looks like it was cribbed from the wardrobe of the scarecrow from Wizard of Oz.

I'm sorry, please forgive me. You once asked me who I loved most in this world. It's you. — Hardin ( Movie- "After" - Hardin's letter to Tessa )”

Hardin's Behavior Is Toxic and Abusive

This becomes a recurring issue in their relationship, with Hardin unable to control his jealousy whenever Tessa interacts with another man, convinced they all have ulterior motives and want to sleep with her, even his stepbrother Landon.

Hardin witnessed his mother being assaulted. Trish hoped that he would forget about the whole thing, but he began to have vivid nightmares of the traumatic event. She took him to therapists and tried to get him the help he needed, but to no avail.

She is still not able to forgive him and tells him it's over between them. Hardin receives a deal to have his novel published and the book is a success among fans.

Noah Porter is a fictional character in the After series written by Anna Todd. He was the first boyfriend of Tessa Young, and they were together during more than two years. In the film adaptations, he is portrayed by Dylan Arnold.

Was Tessa a virgin before Hardin? ›

After the first week of college, Tessa reluctantly accompanies Steph to the party and plays 'Truth or Dare' with Steph's friends, including Hardin, during which she admits she is a virgin. Hardin is dared to kiss Tessa, but she runs from the group, embarrassed.

While there is no suggestion that Tessa becomes pregnant in After Ever Happy, the film franchise will continue with a sequel film exploring the lives of Tessa and Hardin's eventual children.

They were caught by Hardin and Tessa and forced to reveal that Christian was Hardin's biological father. Trish later married Mike and ended up living with him.

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Kimberly Vance is a fictional character in the After novel series written by Anna Todd. She is the wife of Christan Vance, the mother of Karina Vance, the close friend and former boss of Tessa Young, and step-mother of Hardin Scott.

We could not come to an agreement and I had to make a really tough call," he wrote in an Instagram post.

It has been confirmed that After Everything will drop in September 2023.

Emery Scott is a character in the After series written by Anna Todd. She is the daughter of Hardin Scott and Tessa Young as well as Auden's older sister.

“After Ever Happy” once again focuses on the toxic relationship between destructive bad-boy Hardin and good-girl Tessa as they navigate their post-college lives. Their lives seem to be in a never-ending downward spiral. Hardin discovers who his real father is, prompting him to burn his mother's apartment down.

With two complete sets of genetic data to compare—Tessa's and Colton's—as well as the genetic data of both parents, Kim and Zach, the family's doctors at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford were able to identify a single-gene mutation that is the source of both children's seizures.

Tessa loses her virginity to Hardin in chapter 82 of the book.

Why does Tessa look different in after we fell? ›

COVID-19 And Scheduling Conflicts Caused The After We Fell Recasts. Indirect complications due to the COVID-19 pandemic were responsible for the mass recasting for After We Fell, changing the characters from the After We Collided cast.

Further, she brings Hardin's former friend, Dan, into the room and while filming everything, prompts him to assault Tessa, who is borderline unconscious.

Landon Gibson is a character in the After film saga. He is portrayed by Shane Paul McGhie and later, by Chance Perdomo.

Hardin is originally from London and is actually the lovechild between Trish Daniels and Christian Vance, who are both in a secret affair. During the time of Hardin's birth, Trish made her husband Ken Scott believe that Hardin is his child.

Meanwhile, when Hardin hears about Tessa's move to Seattle he sabotages her new apartment and uses other girls in an attempt to make Tessa jealous. Tessa's friends drug her and film her being sexually assaulted as a part of this revenge plan.

In the years that followed, Tessa became a doting partner to Hardin, an open-minded and supportive mother to her daughter Emery, and later, her son Auden. While the road to their happily ever after was rough, she finally ended up in a happy place with her life and Hardin.

While full of swoonworthy moments, the movie's ending will catch viewers by surprise: Hardin and Tessa are not together at the end of the film. Hardin and Tessa went through ups and downs — personally and as a couple — throughout After Ever Happy. Tessa moved to New York as Hardin worked on himself.

After dinner, Hardin admits to Tessa that he wants her more than he has ever wanted another person or thing in his whole life. Tessa realizes this is an admission of his genuine feelings for her, and she kisses him. Hardin performs oral sex on Tessa, and then they return to the dining room.

The fight leads to another revelation: Hardin filmed having sex with a girl for another bet. Angry and disappointed, Tessa asks for time. She reads a letter he wrote, explaining his past and relents once again. She loves him despite all of it.

The book ends with Tessa finding out a shocking betrayal from Harry — I mean Hardin. Hardin made a bet with his edgy friends to take Tessa's virginity, which he succeeded in taking. He even saved the bloody sheets from when they did it to show his friends, which is disturbing.

Do Tessa and Hardin break up forever? ›

She and Hardin say a final goodbye, resulting in a permanent breakup. If the two ever want a chance of making it last between them, they need to grow on their own first. Todd dedicates the rest of the book to various milestones in Tessa and Hardin's life.

We can tell Tessa has changed because she now wears a wig with stiff bowl-cut bangs that looks like it was cribbed from the wardrobe of the scarecrow from Wizard of Oz.

He finds her drunk by the pool and brings her to bed. The next morning, Tessa breaks the news about her maternity. Hardin somehow makes this about himself and Tessa is upset that he isn't sympathising with her. He apologises to Tessa and they reconcile.

Relationships. Tessa Young - Tessa dated Noah during high school and the first few weeks of college. They were high school sweethearts, but she didn't feel the same connection to Noah that she did Hardin. They later broke up when Noah discovered her affair with Hardin.