Tadhana (Destiny)
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Last published Wed, Nov 15, 2017
Elara had been a flower girl in so many weddings, including her favourite uncle Dan's.
Fourteen years later, she is now twenty one years old and currently studying psychology in Canada.
When she hears the news that her grandfather was rushed to the hospital, she and her mom left to go take care of him in the Philippines
Once there, her uncle mentions a guy that he wants her to meet: the ring bearer at his wedding, where she was the flower girl.
Elara doesn't remember him, not his name or how he looked like. She also isn't fond of arranged relationships/marriage and especially not a long-distance one.
She isn't in the Philippines to find love. She is there for family reasons.
But what happens when she meets the ring bearer and feel her pulse quicken?
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