It All Started With A Dream
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Last published Wed, Jun 7, 2023
17 year old Layla is from Tunisia. Her dad couldn't afford her basic needs and she refused to move in with her mother, Layla decides to move to U.S for an exchange year until she could figure something out.
There was one tiny issue : Youssef, the next door neighbor whom she can't get out of her head.
She tried her best to avoid him at all cost. She was scared.
Scared that he will break down the walls she spent years building . Years making sure to hide her darkest secrets, but only if she knew that they shared the same past.
So what could go wrong when two broken souls meet each other?
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