The only boy I can't have
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after struggling immensely with her mental health through high school, Eleanor wills sees college as her fresh start with her best friend by her side - what could go wrong?
Luke walker, destined for the NHL didn't do relationships but seeing his best friends brown doeyed sister again he begins to reconsider
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