Fading Away
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He needs to keep his reputation, she needs a job.
Following a horrendous car accident, Heir to the Nation's largest Magazine Publisher, Julian Reeves, has remained in a coma for a few months, only to return to news of his alleged scandals spreading throughout the media.
Unemployed and penniless, Quinn Minami is a struggling journalist and writer looking for a job as a means of earning for her family back home in Japan. And when the opportunity to work as a CEO's publicist arises, she takes it, albeit reluctantly.
She wonders if Julian remembers her and the incident that occurred between them. An incident that ruined his reputation and her record in the industry.
A grim past unites them into a tangle of conflicts and misunderstandings, one in which they're both enemies.
But will their sour past allow them to work together? How long could they go without wanting to rip each other's heads off?
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