"Watch where you're going!" A voice spat at me, and before I knew it, I collided with someone and fell to the ground. I groaned as the pain reached my temples. Rubbing them til' the pain ceased, I looked up to see the person standing up. He was tall, standing about six feet high. His dark chocolate brown hair cascaded beneath his ears, curling slightly at the ends. His face was heart shaped, and quite masculine, his cheekbones high. His eyes- though- made something in my body turn and make loops. The color was a mix of green and-- yellow?-- and brown. 'My God, he's beautiful,' I thought to myself.
He dusted himself off, then looked at me without expression. He gave me his hand, in which I took, and then lifted me up from the ground. "Sorry, I didn't mean to-" He rudely interrupted, saying, "-- Didn't mean to what? Not look what was in front of you?" I stared at him in bafflement as he stared back at me, sending daggers with his eyes. And then he left.
He walked right past me and when I turned around to watch him leave, not once did he turn around.
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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