Slow to Smile
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MatureComplete Mon, Nov 29, 202114h 23m
Amirah Khumalo isn't strictly opposed to the idea of marriage. She just has significantly more important things to do like run a multimillion dollar company and
She has a list in fact.
One: Write her speech for the UN address.
Two: Get rid of Company
And
Four: Get rid of the husband
There's something missing
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