Close As Strangers
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Last published Tue, Dec 10, 2019
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PSA: IF YOU HAVENT READ "Pretend Girlfriend" THEN READ IT FIRST BECAUSE THIS IS THE SEQUEL TO THAT BOOK!!!
Five years later:
Xavier Hale is the brilliant CEO of Hale Enterprise Holdings, Inc. Ryan Gonzalez is one of the talented head journalists for Luna Press. During those five years of being separated, Xavier has been working hard to get his mind off Ryan and finally succeeds when he becomes the CEO of his father's former company. Ryan, on the other hand, had been traveling, taking college classes online, and finally got over Xavier with the help of her career. Xavier and Ryan are practically strangers now, but what happens when these two strangers finally meet again?
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