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Close to Perfection

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Reads 243
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Parts 8
Time 55m

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With a past that haunts her and a future that she doesn't think she will ever get Lilly Smith is broken. She goes day to day dealing with her past and working at a small Record/Instrumental shop. Photography is one of her only escapes in life. Lilly thinks it is her against the world but what will happen when boxer Drake Collins walks into that little shop and straight into her life. Will Lilly let down all of the walls she has so carfully built around herself and let Drake in?  

Letting go of someone dear to you is hard, but holding on to someone who doesn't even feel the same is much harder. Giving up doesn't mean you are weak! It only means that you are strong enought to let go! So will Lilly be strong enough to let go of the past and grasp her future head on?All Rights Reserved

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Beautiful Chaos

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