Love Does Cost A Thing
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Not your regular boss, meet Luigi Gianni, an actor turned businessman. CEO in his family's company . A man who doesn't do relationships and is more interested in flings and one night stands, what happens when he's hell bent on torturing his new assistant, Zuri Deandra Cudjoe, a girl he's smitten with but doesn't know. Can he overcome his dislike for people who happen to fall below him on the social class ladder and even worst, fall for one?
Welcome to the world of two soul bounded people who're world's apart.
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