To Whom it May Concern,
To call us forbidden would be far too easy for those who witnessed our blossoming love, yet it would be even harder to call us soulmates. However, although pushed away by many, I believed we were not only forbidden but also soulmates. I guess you could call us... Forbidden Soulmates.
At the time, when I arrived to Boston, Massachusetts I had no plan to discover whom I now call my beloved. I didn't plan to stumble into Francis's bar and have his music stir up my emotions. I had no clue that his soft melancholic voice would make my hurts forget their own sorrow. I had no idea that my happiness would remember its own bliss.
Yet, it was inevitable. One can only dream of meeting their one-and-only in a math teacher's position, and here I was. When I started senior year at my new school, I wasn't prepared to call him Mr. Francis, but sometimes life happens at the wrong time for all the right reasons.
Our love story wasn't only about the physical connection.
It was about everything... and more, family, loss, being alive. It was silly. It was painful. It was mourning. It was laughter.
It was ours.
And for those reasons alone, I would never apologize for Loving my sin π, Mr. Francis.
- Jessica Grandier
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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