Meet Melissa Baker, a senior girl who lives a happy life with her best friend, Alexandra Stewart, and her prankster twin brother, Michael Baker. Melissa never has been good in school unlike Alex, who is your typical nerdy outcast. So, when her teacher, Mr. Phillip, assigns her a tutor because she is failing chemistry, she flips out. Mostly because her tutor is Jake Rivera, a nerdy outcast just like her best friend but unlike him she's not reserved and is easy to work with. Jake always sits alone and talks to no one, many people say that it's because he's a serial killer, but who believes in rumors.
Along the way she gets to know him, and maybe even develop some feelings *wink wink*. But will he let her in his life? Will he tell her the reason he's always been reserved? And will Melissa leave him because of his "little" problem? I guess you'll have to read to find out.
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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