Beyond What It Seems
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MatureOngoing
Last published Sun, Sep 18, 2022
It is in the human nature to expect things from a person. And of course, as a human, one will tend to try to reach their goals no matter how big or small it is. One will strive hard to reach those expectations, sometimes even ace it. However, not all things goes the way one planned it and that is what happening to Pharynne Mauridelle Cortés.
Pharynne Mauridelle Cortés is a goal keeper woman with exquisite beauty. She's a woman who tends to always exceed someone else expectations. May it be in academics, in physique, or in elite society, name it. She ace all of those.
However, no matter how beautiful a rose can be, it wouldn't change the fact that it still have thorns. Thorns that even she herself can get hurt by it.
No matter how beautiful and delicate a flower is, if it starts to get rotten inside, it will still wither and die.
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