As far as the world is concerned, Clarke was raised a southern belle, from a rich plantation family in small town Alabama.
She's finally become somebody, a successful designer on her way to becoming a household name. But when her boyfriend, Finn Collins, son of New York City's mayor, proposes to her and she says yes, Clarke finds herself back in Polis, Alabama. Back in her hometown for the first time in five years, Clarke has to come to terms with the fact that maybe she's been living a lie in New York.
Oh, and that if she wants to marry Finn, she first needs to convince her high school sweetheart, Lexa Woods, to sign their divorce papers.
The day that Lexa met Clarke, she found out about her two rules. The first, was to never fall in love. The second, was to never let anyone fall in love with her. But as it turns out, rules are broken everyday and they both end up falling head over heels in love with each other. The reason Clarke had those rules is a secret, until one day she can't hide it anymore, and after some very big events, decides to leave Lexa. She thinks it's what is best for Lexa, so she leaves without so much as a word of where she is going.
Lexa searches for Clarke for three years. She is a writer and decides to tell their story, in hopes that Clarke will read it and come back to her, or at least let her know she is ok.
What happens when they come face to face again, and will hearing their story told from Lexa's side help Clarke realize they can be together and happy. Can Lexa convince Clarke that she wants to be with her no matter what, and that together they can make it work?