Liza has been looking forward to this vacation all month. One of the reasons why is to get away from Max Gray, the schools player who thinks that he can get just whatever he wants. What will happen when these two are forced to spend a week together?
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A mischievous grin appeared on me face. I grabbed Max's leg and pulled him in the water.
"What the hell?" he said angrily.
He gave me an intense glare. If looks could kill I'd be very dead right now. I backed up to try and get away from him, but I had reached the wall. He held my wrist tightly and put his other hand on the wall. I was trapped. I splashed him in the face with water, but that only made things worse. His glare hardened.
"You better not try anything like that again," he growled in my ear causing chills to run down my spine.
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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