Crossing Borders
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Last published Wed, Aug 11, 2021
Layla has always been incredibly hard working; perfect grades, perfect manners. Perfect life.
That is until she found herself living alone, broke and in risk of deportation.
She envies Adam, who has always had everything she ever wanted, while barely doing anything at all.
And it doesn't help that he promised to make her life a living hell.
But when Adam and Layla's path cross one night, the right place at the right time, they find themselves making a deal they never thought they'd be striking with one another, knowing that both their lives will never be the same again.
Layla doubts her sanity, and so does everyone else, for she was as close as she can get to making a deal with a devil.
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