He looks into my eyes with his baby blue ones, and for a second I allow myself to sink in them. The reality, however, pulls me back before I get lost. I feel insecure for a moment, because his eyes look like they looking at every detail of my face, every little flaw. Those eyes are definitely going to be the death of some girl, some very lucky girl. When my eyes meet back to his, I realize that I am that girl, that lucky girl who was ready to die. He looks at my lips as if he wished his were on them. At this point my heartbeat is not normal, it is probably running, running away from him. But those eyes, those fucking eyes, stop everything and in that moment I knew I didn't care. He leans in, when I find out, that I was already lost, lost in those baby blue eyes of his, a long, long time ago. There was no way I would find my way out and the thing is- I didn't want to find my way out, I wanted to be lost, lost in him, with him, in his ocean eyes.
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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