"Ok. I've never been good at words, but I try. Let me take a breath" I put my hands on my knees and start to take a breath. Come on Ella, you can do it.
"I feel like dying. OK? You are right, you won, you won your stupid bet, but remember that you broke a heart. You took away from a girl the most important thing she has. I was a stupid believer in a 'we ' but I had hope. I didn't think it hurt so much to love. But you know that life is a game, you know it better than anyone. " tears streak my face, for once I decide to let them out, for once I decide to express my feelings. "I fell in love with you. I trusted, I handed myself to you, but I knew there was something underneath and that's why I had already prepared two plans. One was to stay if it was all real, and there 'other was to leave "a small sob comes out of my mouth, I look at him and finally, he decides to speak.
"Where are you going?"
"Away from you"
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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