eva: nineteen years old, anxious, stays up too late, thinks too much, attempted suicide at thirteen, hopeless cause to many.
seb: twenty-two years old, smoker, talks too much, always out and about, prefers champagne, heartthrob romantic.
eva never met the person who saved her life, and seb doesn't remember that it's her he rescued from the bridge that day.
eva believes love to be hopeless, and seb is a romantic with far too many ex-girlfriends.
eva wears all black, and the only thing dark about seb is the burnt end of his cigarette.
when eva meets seb, perhaps there's a little more to the story than a fleeting glance and a lingering touch.
{ when i first met you there was a garden growing from a black hole in my mind... }
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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