Alexandra Stanley has had a difficult life. She's had to leave her country,adapt to a new community, lost her parents and battled depression and weight issues along the way.
With two rebellious teenage younger sisters to care for, more than a thousand miles away from her hometown of Seattle, and between working three day jobs to make ends meet and taking night classes to get her degree, 23-year-old Alex is struggling, to say the least.
But determined and strong willed as she is, she vows to work hard and be successful, so she and her sisters will never face a day of poverty again.
Her life takes another spinning turn when she meets James Henderson, the Founder and CEO of A.J.H. Enterprises, a multi-million dollar advertising and P.R. firm, one of the most successful in the States.
All of a sudden, she finds herself moving back to Seattle, and all the memories she'd fled from all those years ago.
Confrontations, friendship, wealth, and even love, await Alex in Seattle - all it'll take, is just one interview.
Join Alex in her journey to rediscovering herself.
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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