En 2018, en Italie, la famille Bellagio est la seule dominante. Pendant 1 siècle, le pays a été exorbité des conflits de mafieux. Adriano Bellagio, devenu récemment le "parrain" de l'entreprise, entreprends la conquête du pays Soleil-levant, soit le Japon. Au même moment, son frère aîné, Harim, prodige créateur de mode s'installe avec sa fille Arisa à Las Vegas pour fonder son école de Haute Couture. Le frère cadet, Julien, à l'âge de 20 ans aspire à devenir le consigliere, sans succès, il rejoins son frère et tombe amoureux de Arisa, la seule qui fut gardée jusque là dans le secret. C'est dans cette atmosphère fragile que disparaît mystérieusement le chef de famille Adriano.
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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