Complex Charm
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  • Reads 245
  • Votes 35
  • Parts 16
  • Time 1h 56m
Ongoing, First published Nov 28, 2018
THIS DEVELOPING STORY MAY CONTAIN SOME STRONG LANGUAGE, SCENES OF INTIMACY, ETC. 28 year-old Charmaine Hawthorn is finally  reaching success as an image consultant. She's earned it.  After 7 years of hard work, sleepless nights, and those  "it's-either-ramen-noodles-or-air-sandwiches" days. But it doesn't change how she feels about herself- she's still on a hunt for something that her career isn't giving her. Validation, acceptance, ...love. But all of it is right under her nose, in the corner of her life she's been avoiding.
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