Holding Back
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Last published Mon, Aug 29, 2022
After 5 years of spending time in New York expanding and building their companies A&A Real Estate and A&A Interiors, Aria Valentino and Azrah Hayat return to their hometown of Chingford
Their past in Chingford brought back many painful memories of hurt, betrayal, rumours and humiliation involving Leonardo D'Amico and Zidane Johnson. They knew their summer wasn't going to be exactly perfect. But were things really what they seemed?
The boys had something hidden within their past, holding them back on love. Leading them to breaking Aria and Azrah. Regret and guilt returning to them, knowing that the girls are back in town. Determination to fix what they broke.
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