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A Manipulative Father and his Cohorts

Author: Ellaobida
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

The wedding doors were opened for the guests to come in, it was an extravagant wedding, Just like Leah wanted it to be. The decors were top-notch, Every detail was important and she wanted nothing but the best. She wanted her wedding to be the best and nothing less.

Luke on the other hand was in his hotel, He was trying to talk to Leah about the wedding and how she was supposed to act, He knew his daughter and he knew she was going to put on not only a face but a show, He didn’t want the media to find anything weird or give them a topic to talk about, The internet was already so furious about his wedding announcement and also news channel were present to record the wedding.

If only he never come out to talk about his marriage with Carina maybe all of this attention wouldn’t have been drawn to him and Nelly, A Few weeks after Carina’s death, he went public and told the media that he was a happy marriage with Carina before she died and he even talked about their daughter, Leah. He wa
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Ren Smith
Assumed next chapter was a continuation but it was a duplicate of this one. So on edge of seat to see what happens once Carina shows with Martins, and Madame Katie. Oh Leah will be so happy ....... Too bad it couldn’t be that Martins is Leah’s dad by some twist of fate and Luke was planted to be
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Yuki Sakurai
I wanted to see the look on their faces once they found out that Carina is still alive.
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