Is Beauty All That Matters
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When Nia, the vibrant heiress of a rising beauty empire, agrees to a fake engagement with her longtime rival Dom, a cold, calculating mogul with a smile built for headlines, it's all business.
The goal? Protect their brands, silence the media, and outplay the boardrooms watching their every move. But behind their designer facades and viral fairy tale, buried grudges and real emotions begin to surface. As their staged romance spirals into something dangerously real.
Nia must decide: is love her greatest weapon... or the one thing that could destroy her?
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