Laila, like any other girl dream of meeting her mate one day. She wants to feel loved, cherished & protected. She was a shy girl and her only friend was Vanessa who she treated as her best friend since birth. When they went to this party, she didn't know that she will meet her mate, Tyler, there and then. Little does she know, that her dream of being loved and protected, was far from reality since her mate will be the one, who will cause her pain, make her cry, and he will be the one who will plan to eliminate her from this world.
Tyler, considered as the football star player and is considered as a player in the whole school. Every day, he dated different girls and after he gets what he wants with them, he just threw them away like a piece of trash. What can he say, he's good looking, rich, and the most popular guy in school. He can have any girl he likes. But when he meets his mate, Laila at a party, he decided that he will just reject her but not after playing and using her first. But something didn't go with the plan since he accidentally impegrenated Laila after the party.
Vanessa, considered as Laila's best friend, lived & feel like an orphan. Even if Laila's parents adopted and took care of her since her parents died in a car accident when she was only 5 years old, she never felt any love from her foster parents. When Laila and her older brother James, grew up, their parents enrolled them in an exclusive school while she was left to study in the public shool with no fee. Even if Laila and James were there to cheer her up, she felt that it wasn't enough. She wanted more. While she was growing up and started to become a woman, she knew and was decided that she will do everything to change what fate has given upon her. She will be successful and she will have everything, she never had when she was a child. And she will do whatever it takes, just to follow her dream, even if she hurts her best friend, Laila.
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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