When Yuna Lee moves to Seoul for university, she's ready to start fresh-but the city's fast pace and her own hidden struggles make it harder than she expected. Surrounded by a growing circle of friends, including Hana, Minho, Soojin, Jiwon, Kyung, Sora, and South, Yuna begins to find her place in this new world. But everything changes when she meets Joon, a mysterious and charming student whose complicated past pulls her into a whirlwind of passion and desire. As their connection deepens, Yuna is drawn into a world where love and lust blur together, and the whispers of Seoul lead her down a path of steamy encounters, emotional tension, and tangled hearts.
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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