Unexpected Love(COMPLETED)
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"June Dawson" Kind and respectful to those around her. She's a joy to be around. June never had it easy, struggling to appease her strict dad, finding a career that he'll appease of June had her work cut out for her.
"Ren Young" Introvert and a rising anonymous painter, Ren is angry. He's angry at the world, angry at his parents, angry that he has a disability. He struggles to find a reason to be happy. All he want's to be able to hear everything again but life isn't always fair...
What happens when June accidently spills a couples order on him at a café? Will she be able to change his mind on how he sees things his grey world???....
"started: 30/11/23"
"finished: 03/11/24"
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