As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams? ***** Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

He didn't just love her. He worshipped her. Enough to take the blame for her crime and spend months in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Aditya Chauhan thought love meant sacrifice. Until the day he walked out of prison and learned the truth- She never waited. She never loved. Shattered and humiliated, Aditya agrees to one thing he never believed in: an arranged marriage. And not with the girl he destroyed himself for... but with Naina Dutt, a woman he barely knows. A one-year marriage. A contract. No feelings. No expectations. He doesn't want her. She doesn't want him. But destiny has a twisted sense of humor. So why does this stranger feel safer than the love he sacrificed everything for? Why does his heart react to her, when his mind refuses to? Find out what happens when two unwilling souls are forced into a marriage neither of them asked for... but both of them might end up needing.