I'm Not In Love
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Sadie Smith, a beloved yet elusive online novelist under the name Sapphires, longs for the time where she had a lover like all of the starstruck soulmates in her romance novels.
Years before this takes place, Riley Daniel, an upshot lawyer, and Sadie meet. From a broken dark past, the last thing Riley wants is love, but soon enough, he gets entangled with Sadie.
That is, until the unexpected happens.
Now, Sadie Smith sits all alone on her desk, hands on the keyboard, ready to write about love she'll never get back.
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