"I love you, even though you don't know how to feel about it. I'll show you." He said, kissing my lips with heat and passion. And I felt all warm inside.
"Are you up for it?" He said, and I nodded, kissing him back with just as much as I could.
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Camille. 17 years of age, doesn't know how to love. Between her dad and mom being dead, and her being with her grandma, nothing real happens in her lifestyle anymore. No friends, no love-life, no anything.
But then she meets Hayden, a boy who gives the impression of a badboy, and the schools charmer but really... isn't.
She then finds that she has not built a relationship, based off of his realization and claim, and he is gonna show her how, or possibly do much more.
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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