In the quiet village of Nakaswa, Kyakuwa Denis sat by the doorway of his small, crumbling house. The sun cast long shadows on the dirt floor as children ran by, laughing and playing with homemade toys. Denis watched them with longing in his big, brown eyes. His legs, thin and frail, refused to move like theirs.
Denis had been born with a condition that left him lame. His mother told him often, "You are a gift from God, Denis. Your strength is not in your legs but in your heart." Yet, as the days passed, Denis struggled to believe it.
At school, things were harder. The uneven paths were a challenge for Denis to navigate, and most days, he had to sit under the tree outside the classroom because there were no special accommodations for him.
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Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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