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Ensconce

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Parts 4
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"She was just your average girl. Afraid to love and clumsily lovable...(no)...He was a powerful and intimidating gangster. Afraid to love and get hurt...(I said no--)But due to tragic circumstances they must now...(NO!)--sorry...they must now live together--" HELL. NO. Enough of those Wattpad romance scenarios! NO. NONONONONONO!

"Lovable and clumsy heroine?" Not here.
"Bad boy lover with a noble heart?" Non-existent.
"What about a fiery-tongued protagonist with a penchant for reckless but badass behaviour?" No. "Asshole gangster turned good?" No.
"What about a heroine with an exaggerated and tragic backstory that leaves her like a puppet incapable of love, until HE walks into her life?" 
What? NO! What a girl like that needs is some serious therapy. Enough of this "Intimidating Intimacy" nonsense! Real romance is nothing like that. (Except for maybe a few lucky people...T-T)
"But real romance is sometimes so boring..." Hey I never said this story would be boring! 
All you who enjoy a new kind of love story gather around...

AMAPOLA is a woman that holds no grief, no anger and no regrets. And yet, her smiles are as rare as her name. She had a happy childhood, maintains healthy relationships and has positive self-esteem. Emotions are just something she has learned to mute and ignore...what is the point? Love-shmove right? She is a well-known ice queen and cares little for exaggeration and spontaneity.  

RAZVAN is a man that fears nothing but fear itself. He is indebted to his great uncle for raising him and so he works under him, the greatest arms dealer in the western hemisphere. Our hero is a ruthless warrior with...a very clueless approach to love. He is spontaneously big-hearted, brash and charismatically outspoken. Who would not fall in love with him?

Take a guess. Or rather don't. Because this is a story for the new age of romance. Polar opposites have never been so at odds.All Rights Reserved

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