Aria just turned 18, a couple of months ago. Her birthday present was given to her in the cruel form of her mother's death. Her mother died in her sleep with a heart stroke.

Her father Martin Williams, left her mother to marry a rich woman, who is two years older than him. Since then, her mother was heartbroken and never dated other men.

They are not well off. The bank came and seized their house under the mortgage loan.

Their house and her mother's car are the most valuable possession they had. After the house is gone, only her car was left.

It was an old ford mustang. Her mother bought it second hand and it worked just fine to take them from home to work and then back.

Her dad showed up at her mother's funeral and offered to take her in until she could finish school and find a job.

Aria hates that man from hell and back. He left them when they needed them.

But if she doesn't accept his offer, she has to live on the streets. She had only 1070$ in her account and her mother's car.

She cannot find at least a studio apartment with that money. She has to pay for food and then bills. So she decided to accept her father's offer and stay in his house and finish the final semester of school.

Until then, she would find a part-time job and save some money. Then she would be able to move out and find a full-time job.

She would think about college, if she could maintain her 4.0 GPA and if they offer a scholarship.

She transferred her classes and her grades to her new school. Her principal was kind enough to finish the procedure as soon as she can.

Now Aria is sitting in her car, which was parked outside the town, which would be her temporary home for the next 6 months.

"Green Bay" she read the name of the town out loud.

"Here we go" she took a deep breath and started the car again.

The GPS in her mobile brought her to a neighborhood, which has three-story homes with well-manicured front lawns.

All the houses in the neighborhood looked the same from outside. She stopped her car in front of the house, which is overflowing with teenagers. All the girls look the same with their barely-there dresses and all the guys ogling the girls.

'Party?' She thought.

Aria tried calling her father, but his phone is not reachable. She tried a couple more times, but it's no use.

Aria had a very bad feeling about this. But she cannot sit in her car all night, especially when the said car has no heater and the weather is freezing outside.

So she slowly got out of her car, which is packed with her meager belongings and her mother's memories.

Aria sold everything else. That's how she got that 1070$ into her account.

She slowly walked inside the house, amidst the party-going half-drunk teenagers.

She saw her father's family. His wife has a son, Luke, who is of her age. She saw his Facebook profile and found out that he is a popular guy in school.

She tried to search for her father, but it's no use. She found her stepbrother, Luke, talking with a handsome guy. She knows him. His name is Aiden, and he was practically in every single photo Luke posted.

He is Luke's best friend. He has dark brown hair and blue eyes. He is well over 6 feet, like Luke. His high cheekbones and slightly crooked nose complement his well-toned body. She can see his muscles in his biceps. He is wearing a white t-shirt and jeans. His hair a tousled mess. But the bad boy vibes he is giving off are telling her to stay away from him.

Aria slowly walked towards them in her sneakers, black jeans, and a t-shirt. She is sticking out like a sore thumb among the half-naked girls around her.

Aiden saw the gorgeous beauty, as soon as she stepped inside Luke's house. She is different from all the girls, that go to school with him.

She is easily 5.6 and her waist-length reddish-brown hair is tied into a high ponytail. She doesn't have any make upon. She is smoking hot, even in her plain t-shirt and black jeans.

Her curves are to kill for. No too much or too little. It's perfect. She is perfect.

By the looks of it, she is searching for someone.

Luke noticed Aiden eying a girl and turned his face to see the lucky girl who caught his eyes, which is rare.

The moment he turned around and saw the object of Aiden's interest, he cursed loudly.

Aiden snapped his head towards Luke and raised his eyebrows in a questioning way.

When he noticed Luke eying the girl he was interested in, he became jealous.

"She is mine" Aiden growled.

Luke looked back at his best friend and shook his head.

"Dude, she is my step sister. She is Martins's daughter. Fucking gold Diggers" Luke muttered with irritation.