Caroline (Carry) Williams is innocently pranked by her brother an his friends by telling her they had school on Monday and, not knowing Monday was Columbus Day, she went to school. By the time she realized it was Columbus Day, her brother had already left. The plan was to make her walk, because she's lazy, not kidnap her. Carry was kidnapped by a hot guy named Derek Parkinson. When Morgan, her brother, and his friends finally find her, she's already found herself in love with Derek. Blake Reinton, one of her brother's friends, realizes this and he's furious. Ever since he first met Carry he had a crush on her, and seeing her with another guy made him jealous.
Carry never realized Blake had feelings for her, even when he gave her flowers and chocolates. When Blake started acting weird, she questioned his actions, until she found out he had a crush on her. The craziest thing is... she never realized she had feelings for him too.
Who will she choose? Blake, who was there her whole life and comforted her when she needed it? Or Derek, who protected her from bad people, even though he kidnapped her, who only wanted to do bad things to her?
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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