Settle for Less
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A very cliche story of a man and woman getting imprisoned in a loveless, hopeless, and lifeless marriage.
Heizel Imperial is a newbie writer who is always shy and never had a socially active life but still took the risk and showcased her expressive writing through publishing several novels in an online writing platform. Spotlighted for her talent, she became one of the rising published author of her generation. Little did they know, there's something about her that she's keeping in extreme anonymity.
Miro Villegas is a famous handsome published author of his generation known not because of his looks but because of his incredible love and creativity in his works. He is a book sales charts monster who's always occupying the number one spot everytime he published a new book. He has reasons why he became a writer and it's because of someone he's been a big fan of. At the age of 25, aside from being a writer, he's already acting as one of the brain of his father's publishing company. He's working so he can gain the skills and knowledge the business world gents has and to earn enough money to build his own publishing company.
Is their marriage really a settle for less?
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