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]]

"Lana i want you to be on my wedding day, there's no excuse I don't want to hear it anymore. You graduated from med school a few months ago and i know you're running out of you excuses stocks" she said as i smile. "I'll be back sooner than you think, and i promise I'm going to be there Diana" i said while staring into my best friend's face on my laptop screen. "you promised okay, see you there bubz" She said as she hung up the video call. I called Gabriel's number then after a few rings he finally picked up, "Hey sis" "Hey, Are you busy?" "Not really, why?" "Can you keep it as a secret?" I asked him. "Of course" he said. "Prepare the jet for next week, I'm going back home" i said as i smile. ~ I was working in my office room until my secretary walked in with a big smile on her face, ugh she smiles a lot it annoyed me. "Sir Mr. Blake is here" she said. Blake was one of my bodyguards and he had been following me around since the past few years. "Let him in" i said. He walked in with his normal bodyguard suit and an earpiece on his ear, "Sir" he said. I ignored him while kept typing on my laptop to prepared a presentation for a meeting with a very important client, "She's back" Blake said and it made my head popped up to looked up at him. "After 6 damn years?" I asked him. "She's back in town sir" he informed me. "Agatha cancel all the meeting today" i said to my secretary that was standing on the door. "Got it sir" she said before walking away. "Blake, prepare my car" i said. "Got it sir" he said before turning around and left. Avalana, it's been 6 fucking years since you left me. And I'm here still waiting for you to come back as i promise you back then. I'm going to make you mine again.

(NOT EDITED YET!) "I'm gonna make things clear". He said walking slowly toward me as I took a few steps back. "I was forced into this too.". My back hit the wall as he came even closer. "But you're mine now. Only mine. You are MY wife. There's no way out of this. You belong to me". He hissed in my ear. I shiver as he looks at me with his cold stare. My heart was beating so fast. He then kissed my lips before heading out of the room leaving me there. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sarah Dantes is a 22 years old young girl, heiress of the Dantes family along with her older sister Sandra. She just graduated and expected to live a normal life and find love But what happens when her parents announced her marriage with Luca Lombardi, a 31 year old successful and feared businessman known for his coldness and being heartless when it comes to his business? Trigger warnings: Physical abuse, mental illness, Abuse