Everyone believes I'm a shallow, dumb, material girl. But they don't know me. No one does.
"And what about you, Con-Con? What do you think? Do you think I'm a shallow, slutty, backstabbing bitch, too?"
Silence. I got silence. The boy I've been crushing on for seven years believes all those rumours.
"If that's what you always thought of me, you should have let that car run me down. Apparently you would have done everyone a favour.
"You're right, I should've."
Connor Rover and I have known each other for a long time but the interest has always been one sided, unrequited, on my end. So seeing Connor publicly showing interest in the new girl, Allie, who happens to be sweet, awkward and funny... it hurt. But this shit happens, so what am I going to do? Get over him obviously. And to do that, I need a distraction. Or distractions.
If everyone thinks I'm a materialistic girl, then that's what I'll give them. Because I just don't give a fuck anymore. No one takes me seriously, so why should I?
"Don't let the words of people who have no impact on your life influence your thoughts about yourself. I get it's hard not to listen to what people say and think about you, but you have to remember one thing, Jenna. This is your life. Your only life. Don't waste it."
This is a story of the villainised girl everyone hates in the typical Good Girl Bad Boy books. How she is perceived as bitchy and dumb, but deep down, she has a heart too, a heart that no one cares about. How would you mend a broken heart when you don't even know the heart is broken?
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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