At 6 years old, Cassie Lockwood already had most of her life planned by her father, Kenneth Lockwood. At the age of 6, Cassie already had a future husband. His name is Damien Anderson.
Damien's father and Cassie's father are very wealthy business owners and they believed that by having this arranged marriage, both families could combine companies and profit more from it. But, the fathers failed to consider their children's feelings.
Damien, Cassie, Damien's younger brother, Vincent, and Cassie's twin brother, Cole became the best of friends when they were young. They went to school together and hanged out together all the time. That is until Cassie and her mother moved to Virginia.
Soon after Cassie turned 18, her mother passed away; causing her to have to move in with her father once again until she graduates high school. When she gets there she comes face to face with two grown familiar faces; Vincent and Damien. She was so happy to see them.
But, little did Cassie know a triangle between them would form; which was against what Cassie stood for. Cassie hated the thought of someone loving two people at the same time because in the end she knows someone would get hurt, so why do that to them? To Cassie being in love is
Forbidden.
But, she just couldn't help what she felt, no matter the consequences.
The question is though, who will she choose? Brother 1, Damien or Brother 2, Vincent?
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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