Cruel State of Mind
dianalauwrites
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  • Reads 52,069
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  • Parts 5
  • Time 28m
dianalauwrites
Complete, First published Feb 15, 2021
Mature
crimeenemiestoloversfeminismlegalliesmurdermysteryromancestalkertexttospeechwattys2022youngadult
[2022 Wattys Shortlist] [2023 Wattpad Editors' Choice] Previously "Wicked Lies"

Melissa Hale, daughter of Senator Hale, was murdered. Christopher Williams, one of her classmates at NYU, is being framed for it.

Isabela del Rey, a young lawyer working at one of the top law firms in New York, is determined to help him, even if it means having to solve the mystery herself. However, once she starts digging too deep, she finds herself playing cat-and-mouse with the real murderer.

Add a complicated office romance, a dark past in Mexico that's starting to catch up with her, and another client who just killed his father and with whom she has some history, and you might get the perfect mess.
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Paper Dolls

58 parts Complete

When the most popular Kpop idol on the planet falls to her death, an aspiring singer is thrown into the spotlight, attracting the attention of an obsessive fan who claims to know the truth. *** Kpop girl group Sweet Poison is undeniably the biggest girl group in the world, and lead singer Dalia the most popular idol on the planet. But at the peak of her career, no one expects the idol to throw herself off a thirty story building on what will become a historic day in entertainment history. Ruled as a suicide, her death shocks the industry and millions mourn the unexpected demise of their favourite celebrity. Just as suddenly, trainee Kang Jina is thrown into the spotlight when her childhood association with Dalia is leaked to the media. Stifled by the newfound attention and stress of her debut, Jina feels as though she'll drown under all the pressure. That is until she receives a most shocking letter from Dalia's sassaeng (obsessive fan) claiming that she was murdered instead.

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