Finding Joy
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Last published Thu, Jun 4, 2020
"Why does everyone leave me?"
Everyone has a secret, and everyone has a history. Joy is a researcher who keeps her heart locked off because of a painful and undisclosed past. Edan, earlier known as Kai, is the henchman of a corrupt leader, and his mission is to gain Joy's trust. Their fates were to be pitted against each other. But, can they perhaps change this fate?
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