A Shot of Espresso
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Alexa has started to build her life into pieces after running away from her coercive family. Living her suburban life in the coast and manning her own bistro has always been her dream but everything has changed when an unexpected nuisance happen which forced her to face the city life she has once forgotten.
Will she continue to live her dreams or just accept her twisted fate even if it meant losing her heart in the process?
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