Alluring Masquerade

Drowning ... in debts. Either it be financial or other. A Debt is a debt at the end of the day.

Hira may seem cold and biting, but that's only a front. Truthfully, she's quite insecure and fragile. But she has to keep the falseness in order to get by in her ordinary world - since that is how she has grown to take care of herself. But she and her family are struggling all the time because of financial difficulties.

Kael offers to pay her if she pretends to be his girlfriend, in order to save himself from getting set up by his mother with someone he doesn't even know. So he makes a deal with her, a contract, and they begin to get along once they get to know each other.

But Hira wasn't supposed to fall for him ... that wasn't in the contract ... was it?

And then there is Zach. Hira's crush. He seems everything that she wants in a man ... or so she thinks. Because in the end she has to chose between him and Kael. Who would she choose?

In addition, her past seems to be pulling her down. And then there's her best friend who returns home after 14 years bringing a sorrowful secret along with him. He has secretly been in love with her for years.

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2. Hair: http://moonglowlilly.deviantart.com/art/Png-Hair-2-339184915?q=favby%3APsychosomatic-Psyche%2F1086012&qo=4

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