Deceiving Destiny
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Last published Fri, Apr 11, 2025
Mikhaella Jade Francisco has it all-wealth, beauty, and a future as bright as the city lights she calls home. Freshly graduated as valedictorian, her life seems perfect until a whispered secret at her graduation party shatters everything: her father is alive.
Determined to uncover the truth her mother hides, Mikhaella embarks on a journey far from the glitz of the city, trading her designer shoes for dusty boots. Under the name "Ella Martinez," she steps into a world she's never known-a rural farm owned by the cold yet captivating Ryu Lukas Takahashi. What starts as a search for family turns into an unexpected tale of self-discovery, hidden truths, and a forbidden romance that grows like wildflowers in untamed soil.
Can Ella find the father she's been missing without losing herself... or her heart?
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