When Jewel Tanner first started highschool, she got bullied by a group of guys. the bullying stoppedwhen she entered sophomore year, because they all got placed in a different class. she never spoke to any of them again, except for one person.
Dominic Dawson, he is charming, really funny and has a way with words. This sounds like a dream doesn't it? At least that is what almost every single girl in the school thinks, except for Jewel, she despised him. Or did she?
Jewel Tanner, she is clever, sarcastic and a bit hesitant when it comes to opening up. She finds it weird that everyone thinks Dominic is so beloved. For the record, he bullied her for 3 years, so of course she wasn't affected by his charming ways. at least... at first she wasn't.
at every party Jewel goes to, she talks to Dominic. He tries to get in her pants, but she rejects every single time, until one day, she breaks up with her boyfriend.... she just wants a rebound, and Dominic is easy she thought, so why not?
Will it just stay at friends with benefits (or should i say; enemies with benefits) or will she fall in love with him?
whatever happens, it completely changed her life.
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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