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Life for Ella Wells hasn't been easy, one can only imagine the real demons she fights daily- but no one could ever tell. She is kind, gentle and loving. Until him. The tall, brown-haired man with deep green eyes, who swept her off her feet one night in Florence.
Her idea of prince charming, who she never even got the name from, crashes when she gets a job and has to start working with him as her boss. A tune of events bring them closer together only for Ella to find out the lies she's been told about who he is and what his agenda for her actually is.
Through all of that- The story is just beginning.
𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒
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