Not Just A Love Story
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Lauren Campbell is a sweet, simple girl with a bubbly personality. She tries to accept her imperfections and enjoys the little pleasures in life.
"She is bright like glitter and bubbly like champagne.
She makes the room warm. She is the sunshine."
Ethan Kingston is one of the richest billionaire in the world. He is a workaholic. He walks with an aura of arrogance around him. He doesn't give a damn about anyone. Well, his grandfather is an exception.
"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not;
And oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only sad."
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What happens when these polar opposites are thrown together into an arranged marriage. Will Lauren melt his cold heart with her love or will Ethan freeze her heart to ice?
Join the journey of Lauren Campbell and Ethan Kingston's Loveless arranged marriage. It's definitely not going to be just a love story when there are many unresolved disputes, misunderstandings and buried love for the people once loved.
**WARNING : Slight mentions of self harm/suicide**
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