An upcoming fashion designer who hides under the alias "Dazzling" has taken over the fashion world, and the social media franchise with her beauty. Her mixed heritage and incredible taste in style make her very noticeable in the a-lister world.
Matteo Howell, a well-known actor, and model takes a notice of the truly dazzling woman but doesn't care much for her because of her quiet, posh, and reserved personality. His mother, a widowed English author, does. Noting some things about the young woman she meets at a charity gala, she asks the beautiful girl to marry her son.
Matteo doesn't like the deal, but when Dazzling accepts it, he's pulled into a marriage with a woman he doesn't care for.
Can he learn to love this woman? Will he learn her reason for accepting the marriage? Is he really as heartless as he seems outside of movies?
"I...I don't understand...I speak fifteen languages, but I don't understand..." I whisper as Matteo leans over me, one arm holds me in the corner, the other he leans against as it's held above my head. Even though I'm in heels that raise my height by two inches, I'm still much shorter than this man.
"I said, 'Darling, you're dazzling,'" Matteo smirks at me.
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?
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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.
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