Sometimes we take the world we live in for granted, and we don't realize how beautiful life truly is. How easy it can be taken from us. Or how grateful we are for the people in our lives that have made a difference, it is often too late before we realize what we have. Second chances are miracles, and each should be cherished.
Rosalie Leninakan is crushed, but not broken when she finds out her fiancé, Dante, had cheated on her. Maybe she was being harsh by cutting him from her life, but she also didn't want to live with what he had done. She wanted him to suffer, make him regret losing her. Maybe it was never meant to be, or maybe it was. For whatever reason, Rosalie is staying somewhat strong. On the outside she plays the strong and sarcastic kind, but on the inside, she is feeling defeated and miserable without her best friend. Dante had always been there for her, and she had no clue as to why he would cheat.
Dante realizes just how big his mistake was, how it stole Rosalie from him. He may not get his second chance, but he sure is going to fight for it, fight for Rosalie. Never once had he ever had someone worth dying for, Rosalie was his last love. Can a dying love be rekindled? Can the past be erased? Will she take him back? Dante doesn't know, but he will fight to answer those questions, to restart.
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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