"He caught me from falling." she pointed out.
Macy looked at her then, trying to gauge her reaction, but Lilly's face gave nothing away. She could feel the apprehension in her stomach tighten even more.
"Did he say anything else?" she asked.
"No, we just exchanged numbers but I haven't called him yet."
Lilly didn't reply, her hands still kneading the dough. The timer on the oven interrupted them before Macy could say anything else. Reaching across the table, she grabbed another cookie sheet and spread her dough on top, flattening it with the spatula.
"Oh Macy," Lilly finally said. "I don't know. After what we told you this morning, I'm surprised you still want to talk to him. I didn't think you'd trust his words over ours. Be reasonable honey."
That gave her pause for a moment, her hand still on the spatula. After what Sophie had confessed in private, Macy realized that she had been right. There were a lot of things that Lilly and Robert were still keeping from her.
Well, she decided. If they didn't want to tell her, fine. She'd find out on her own. Taking out her phone, she scrolled down to the last incoming call, selecting it and quickly typed out a text.
No. Reasonableness had nothing to do with this.
When Macy can't remember anything that's happened in the past year, she relies on her best friend and roommate to fill her in on everything that's been happening. But when a handsome stranger saves her one morning, a stranger who apparently her friends have never mentioned but seems to know her well, Macy realizes must uncover the truth herself.
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?
*****
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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