What The Heart Wants (ON HOLD)
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Last published Tue, Jun 12, 2018
Between owning her own studio and being a single mother of two, why waste time on love?
Leila Ortiz has spent her 20s trying to build a better life for herself and her sons while the father of her children leads the life of a bachelor. Will she be better off by herself or finally succumb to what the heart wants?
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