Not Everything Is As It Seems
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MatureOngoing1h 16m
Last published Mon, Jul 4, 2016
Ellie Lockhart. An FBI agent who makes everyone turn their heads when she's there. Top of all of her peers though she is only in her third year working. She trains all day and when she isn't, she's working harder than she needs too in her office or at home.
Two employees of a close translation company who both love hanging around her. They care about her as if she worked with them all along. They know a deep secret about her and if it gets out someone could get hurt.
A stubborn business man who has the right to anything or anyone he wants whenever he wants. No questions asked. Along with that, he is in charge of something much bigger than Ellie ever thought. Will she fall in love with the close co-worker that has always been there for her even in childhood, or will it be the mysterious business man who keeps a secret so large that it could shake the country apart?
Which man would you choose? Who do you think she will choose?
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