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Gerald

Author: Ba_troy
last update Last Updated: 2023-08-23 04:13:59
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As Gabriella began her journey of erasing her problems from her sights by leaving them in the city of her roots,She got to her new world where opportunities awaited her. And only for her ill fatedness gushing upon her once more as her car stopped all of a sudden in the middle of her new city.

"Shoot!" she yelled, frustration and pent-up emotions boiling over as she kicked the tires of her car with her left leg.

"Not this again," she wailed in exasperation. Frustrated by the situation, she popped open the car's engine hood, determined to uncover the cause of the problem that had plagued her once more. Just as she began to assess the situation, an unknown man approached, offering his help.

"Good day, Miss. You seem quite troubled. Is your car giving you some sort of problem, I presume?" The man's approach was marked by a genuine desire to assist her in her time of crisis.

"Ye-ye," she stammered, raising her head from the car's engine to see the man who had been speaking to her. To
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