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What Deceit Looks Like | ✓
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  • Parts 39
  • Time 6h 18m
lau_matthews
Complete, First published May 24, 2019
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Cassidy Jane Edison.
Las Vegas native.
Con artist.
Twenty-five.
Ridiculously poor.
Takes goods from people.


Maddox Benson.
New York native.
Businessman.
Twenty-seven.
Ridiculously rich.
Sees the good in people.


They're from two different worlds but when they collide, literally, lies and wine are spilled, and they soon find that its much harder to take something back than it is to give it.
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🌹♡ THEIR LITTLE ROSE ♡🌹

14 parts Ongoing Mature

Rosalie Valentino a 14 year old girl. She lived with her mum and step dad, her mum passed away a year after she married Rose's step-dad and a few years later her step-dad dies in a tragic accident. Who will she be staying with? What's going to happen to her when she finds out she has 9 overprotective older brothers and her dad whom is alive and well that has been searching for her for years? She has secrets but they have secrets too, will they ever tell her and will she ever tell them? Find out what happens and come along for Rosalie and her families journey.

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