Beating Heart
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Arabella Gilbert is a 19 year old sophomore at University of London. She comes from a wealthy family and is the only child. She soon realizes she feels lonely and unwanted and just when her life starts to fall apart, she meets someone that shows her their is meaning to her life. Someone that makes her feel the only person that matters. What happens when her past catches up to her and the man of her dreams is dragged into it? Read and find out.
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