Not Everything Is How It Appears
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Pinknad
Ongoing, First published Sep 29, 2021
Mature
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Do you believe in fate? Well, I didn't until her green eyes hooked onto mine and everything become technicolour. This woman will undo me, but until my last breath I will fight for her, keep her safe no matter the cost.

Kimberly has had heartache after losing the one person who helped her through her traumatic past. Now having no-one to stand by her, she gets into a darkness she can see no way out of.

Zac is plodding through life. He has a new job in a high-end jazz bar; he is single, young but something is missing. Zac likes to run along the coast, but one evening he stumbles on someone standing on the edge of the cliff. Hoping it's not what he thinks, he tries to talk to the person only to find it's a woman who is very upset. He is unsure on what to do, but once he has her in his arms, he never wants to let her go.
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