Rose Lynn, a twenty three collage student who has a rough life, her mom's addicted to drugs, and her dad is a gang leader. Not to mention her dad and brother left when she was only ten years old for safety precautions. Her dad came to her graduation to explain everything to her, and now her and her dad are closer than ever, she visits on her collage breaks. Her mom makes a big mistake to borrow 1.5 million from a world famous billionaire, Leonardo Romero, and doesn't pay it back in time. He gives her mom the choice to give him Rose's hand in marriage to completely pay off all of her dept not only to him, but everyone else she owes. Rose's mom has no other option but to give her Rose.
Leonardo Romero is a billionaire who owns a chain of five star hotels, a fashion line, and multiple restaurants. Margarita Daniels comes and asks him for 1.5 million dollars in cash, she says that she will pay it off in a year. Time passes and a year passes and she doesn't pay him back. Leonardo does a back ground check to see if maybe he can use a family member or someone that can help repay her dept. He finds out about her daughter, Rose Lynn Daniels, and has an idea. His dad has been pushing him to get married and settled down before its too late, so he decides to force Rose's hand in marriage in return of any dept Margarita owned to anyone. he decides to call her about the situation about the money, of course she said no and asked for more time. he declined and made an offer.
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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