She completed a degree in Mass Communication major in broadcasting and graduated Magna Cum Laude in a hundred and nine-year old State University in a third-class and IRA (Internal Revenue Allotment) dependent city - her hometown city.
Her aggressiveness and competitiveness gave her access to success. Addition to these qualities is her not so traditional beauty that's been doing its magic for quite some time now. She was offered with great career opportunities and eventually been working as a news anchor and host not only to one but three giant television networks. CND Network Inc. (the last TV network she worked for) offered not only a job that fits her craving, most of all it offered her a home that she haven't find in a long while. Five years in the business, already, she climbed her way to become one of the executives of CND.
She is now considered one of the youngest, richest, prominent and established career women in the country. She's the perfect definition of success, resented by every woman and adored by every man. She's successful in every aspect of life, her days are blending so well with no complications. She's been living her life the way she always pictured it. But deep within her soul, she knows something is not right, she has the whole world under her feet, but still, discontentment is eating her and she knows she must not feel that way.
Jean Gabrielle Steel, 28, Executive Secretary to one of the most powerful and influential people in the City is living her life and the world under her feet- when the one from up there decided to twist her fate and when that single incident - an encounter with a nameless child changed her life FOREVER
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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