Same Old Love
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Complete Sun, Jun 8, 2025
Czarina grew up loving Gio - quietly, faithfully, for as long as she could remember.
So when their powerful Cebu families arranged their marriage, tradition and fate finally seemed to agree.
Until she learned the truth.
Gio's heart already belonged to someone else.
Now caught between duty and desire, Czarina must decide:
honor a legacy built on fortune and tradition -
or risk everything for a love that was never truly hers.
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