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BALLA

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College student Rina Monroe doesn't believe in love-especially not the kind that involves men. After growing up watching her mother suffer at the hands of her father- Rina has built her life around independence, ambition, and a no-nonsense attitude toward romance. Her dreams lie in the city skyline, not in some boy's eyes.

But everything shifts when Amaya-Rina's wild, hopelessly romantic best friend-starts dating someone from their childhood friend group: Drew Carter. Once the boy-next-door Rina secretly crushed on, Drew is now the powerful CEO of a billion-dollar tech company... and possibly the reason Amaya's heart is beginning to crack.

When Amaya begs Rina to test Drew's loyalty, Rina is pulled into a dangerous game-one that stirs old feelings, exposes buried secrets, and challenges everything she thought she knew about love, trust, and herself.

Can you fake a connection and still come out unscathed?All Rights Reserved

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