Haunted by her father's last wish for her to take over the family business and marry the boy he had picked, Samaira Tripathi decides to run away during a business trip to Bangkok, Thailand. She seeks refuge at a small family-run guesthouse that she had found online and ends up befriending Prem, the guesthouse's sweet owner. It doesn't take long though, before Siddharth, the man her father wanted her to marry finds her there. So, when Ohm, Prem's meddlesome brother suggests that what she needs is a fake boyfriend to ward Sid off and that their friend Bright (whom ohm was secretly dating) is the perfect candidate, Samaira can't help but agree. Because, seriously, at that point, what more could go wrong in her life? She'd already hit rock bottom a long way back, and the only way to go was up, right?
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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