She came from a family of class where being anything less than perfection was demeaning. Where she came from, you abide to social norms, and you make your family proud. After the betrayal of her father after he married another woman, her biggest wish was to make her mother and brothers proud. She was to get a university degree, and find a good man to marry, one that would exceed the expectations of her mother and brothers that raised her.
He was lost. He had nowhere to go, nobody to care for until she came to his life. But she was more than just the love of his life, but she was his karma. As he came from a racist southern family, he never expected himself to be at the other end of the barrel. Wasn't it he who was supposed to make others loathe themselves for their race? And here he was wishing himself to be born from a different nationality and from a different class.
Smitten by her beauty, she has many stalkers. Hired by her brothers, he's her body guard. What will happen when they can no longer resist each other?
Note from Author: This story is supposed to cover issues such as racism, classicism, sexism and the role of women, different cultures, social norms, religion and its effects. This isn't meant to create any racial tensions and I certainly hope to not see any discriminatory comments. If not too many people read this, I might delete it but do tell me what you think of this idea. Thank you.
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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