One of the most eminent developers in L.A., Logan Saint Justin rules his world with his very firm hand in a very authoritative glove, suppressing every attempt of resistance.
When a wandering niece returns on the brink of the deal to spoil his visionary plans with the family hotel her aunt was to sell to him, Logan is determined to teach Austin Sidney one crucial thing. No-one stands up to Saint Justin and leaves without tasting his dreadful wrath.
Buying the neighbouring lands through his dummy companies, Logan plans to cut her off from the access roads. With the last proprietor inking his scheme, Logan is to break the news to Miss Austin in person together with the purchase terms.
But, when he finally encounters his infamous archenemy - bent over the engine, helplessly trying to mend her broken car, Logan realises two things. The first one is that he has just fallen in love and the other is that he must alter his strategy as instead of her hotel he wants to possess the new owner herself.
Austin Sidney senses the attractive stranger will be a nuisance the moment he asks her out. Men of his kind are too used to having everything their way to be easily dissuaded by her negative reply.
With the atrocious mogul breathing down her neck and the wraith of her ex-suitor emerging in her life, Austin has enough on her plate to turn another man into her enemy.
Intent on disposing of her unwanted suitor elegantly, Austin fabricates a hasty excuse, thinking she will never see him again. So, when he appears at her threshold next day, Austin is shocked to find out that her irresistible stranger is, in fact, her formidable foe who is to collect her debt.
After all, no-one makes a fool of Saint Justin when he sets his eyes on that someone, let alone wriggles out of his amorous pursuing when she made his stony heart feel love.
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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