Daunted
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Last published Fri, Jul 3, 2020
Niana Rose Martinez, had a fucked up life. And the last thing she wanted to do was open up her heart to someone after what she experienced with what happened to her parents and the people around her. Until she met Shawn Daniel Fernandez.
Shawn came into her life like a storm. At first it was merely lust that attracted them, no strings attached. But as time flies by, Shawn got to know who Niana really was, that she was just a broken soul that needs to be love.
Niana tried to convinced herself that she wasn't going to fall for him, Shawn was out of her league, he was to perfect and she felt daunted. But the more she got to know him, she fell hard.
Things started to get perfect until worst things started to happen.
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