As soon as I saw him, my heart started to race so fast. My palms got warm, and my fingers throbbed. He does that to me every single time. When I see him, I'm instantly succumbed to a nervous-anxiety of needing to keep my cool, and stay looking good. Could today be my lucky day? I broke from my fantasy realizing I was starting to blush. I quickly broke my entranced stare from his gorgeous eyes- restoring a little stance to my posture. Was I staring too long? Shit. I darted my eyes back down, and continued wiping the table I was buzzing.
He just looked so damn good while he was working. I couldn't help it. Time after time I'd convinced myself I never had a chance. Beautiful men like that just aren't into guys like me. Besides being my co-worker, he was definitely younger than I was. I wasn't sure how old, but I knew he was almost done with high school. He was probably a year or two from staring college, and way more sophisticated than I was. Until his graduation in a couple of months. that "guy." I couldn't get anyone to take me seriously until I finally landed myself this job, and the opportunity to start showing everyone what I was made of. Fortunately for me, although busying and serving in a pizza joint was not the most glamorous gig, this job did indeed come with it's own array of enticing benefits... Like Nick, an undoubtedly jaw-dropping co-worker I just couldn't keep my fantasizing eyes off of. Every chance I got to delicately undress every detail of his chiseled, tanned body in my mind, only made me wonder about him that much more. His perfectly shaped lips, athletic-toned body, and tanned skin made me melt. His almond, brown hair poked out slightly under the brim of his cap, veiling his gorgeous chestnut eyes in a sort of mystique that always prevented me from being able to tell if he ever really noticed me staring or not. He was truly a beautiful sight to behold, despite the lack of justice our shitty uniforms did him.
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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