Helplessly Bound
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After the death of her parents, Glenda Gregory was the sole breadwinner of her younger siblings, doing various odd jobs to provide the necessities for them.
Chief Naade Akande unexpectedly enters her life with a promise of a better living but at a price that would leave her helpless and bound to him for the rest of her life.
Now, eight years later, Glenda has a new identity as Mrs. Fola Akande, the wife of millionaire Naade Akande and the CEO of Fola's fashion house. Her life is the envy of many. But she is still bound to the shackles of her debt, would she ever be able to free herself from being helplessly bound?
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It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. - Galatians 5: 1 NIV
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