"He doesn't love me because I am not good enough. No one will ever love me. I am ugly."
Elle loves him with all her heart, but he doesn't love her back. She becomes depressed, doesn't eat, doesn't sleep, doesn't believe anyone will ever love her.
Then she goes to a club. She meets two boys. Both fall for her. But one hurts her physically, and she is confused about her feelings for the other.
But what if she falls for the wrong person? What if she falls for the right person, at the wrong time? What if it's true, that if you love someone, you never stop loving them? What if she can't let go, or can't hold on? And what if hanging herself will make it all go away, the pain, the confusion, the love, and the black, cold, guilt that haunted her for weeks?
Elle has to make up her mind. But no one said love and pain were a good mix.
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?
*****
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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