SHADES OF SECRET | Book~1
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Ongoing, First published Jul 22, 2020
Mature
"We're going to be killed, aren't we?" The words coated with fear tremble out of her mouth and I look up at her with my raising heartbeat.


"Not that easily." I tell her but clearly it wasn't enough to vanish the fear clouding in her eyes. So I reach for her hand and hold it firm.


"Scarlett, do you trust me?" I ask and her answer comes after a moment of killing silence making me almost believe that she doesn't trust me enough.


"I do." She says, giving rise to every ounce of strength I had in me to stand up on her belief towards me.

.........................................

And just like that, Scarlett Valentina risks her everything on her bodyguard, Shawn Mendes who she barely knows and steps towards the unknown future that is having so much in store for her that she never imagined.

Will things fall into their right places or fall apart after she has put her belief on someone even though her fate hadn't been so kind to her in her past?

And about that damn bodyguard, is he really trustworthy enough to save her or the devil she needs to be saved from?


Time to find out how many shades their secrets have.



Are you ready?

You better be.


**Warning: This Fanfic holds mature contents. So read at your own risk.**
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