Eli made more mistakes in his short 24 years living than most people make in a lifetime.
From the outside, his life was perfect. He'd graduated top of his class with a B.A. in Economics. His frat brothers loved him and sorority girls loved him even more. He came from more money than a single person could spend in a lifetime, and he'd never lacked anything he'd wanted.
Only one person had gotten close enough to Eli to see what secrets the fuckboy was hiding. Noah. But, he'd ruined her life in the process of destroying his own.
After finishing a court-ordered, six month drug rehab program, Eli had only one thing on his mind. Noah's forgiveness. Except, Noah wasn't the same girl he knew.
Noah had always been the sweet girl. She could be a bit of a wild child, but she loved people wholeheartedly and took care of everyone before herself.
When she'd met Eli, she'd been 20 and naive. She'd immediately saw through his exterior and couldn't help how curiously disarming she found him. She'd wanted to be his best friend.
But Noah was wrong. Thinking back, she didn't know what she thought she saw, but she knew who he was now. The shittiest person she'd ever met.
As much as Noah tried to give a shit, she didn't anymore. She'd stopped caring about him, she'd stopped caring about herself, and she'd stopped caring about everyone else a long time ago.
If life and people were so shitty, then fuck it. She would be too. At least she could have fun doing it.
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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