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Chapter Seventeen

Author: Ese Gwede
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I munched on popcorn as I watched the TV that night. There was nothing else to do. I tried sleeping but I couldn't, which was unusual. I scrolled through my phone aimlessly.

'Paparazzi spots Los Angeles' famous business tycoon during pre wedding photoshoot.' I looked up as soon as I heard the headline on entertainment news.

I saw unedited photos of Damien and I displayed on the screen but they were not well defined. They looked rushed.

"American Business Mogul, Damien Kingston, was spotted earlier today by the paparazzi during what we assume was a photoshoot with his wife to be. The popular thirty year old playboy was deemed to be an unrepentant one and the internet went wild with shock, when he got down on one knee and proposed to an unknown lady whose first name we just found out is Ariana Delaney, of Spanish descent." The OAP said and turned to an her co host.

"Indeed Amy, we all thought it was a publicity stunt when he said the wedding would be in a month, until this photoshoot
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