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Author: Cha Cha
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Chapter 57

Connor Hughes

'Not everyone is like you. Ace is not a fuckboy like you' I scoffed unbelievably as those words replayed in my head and I felt like seeing that bastard and strangling life out of him. How could she compare me to that bastard of all people?

If not that I already gave my words to Mr. Clement, I wouldn't have gone for this shooting. Mr. Clement is one of my business partners who just launched a perfume company and asked me to do an advert for him. Well, he paid a huge amount of money to me and since I love business, I had to take it. Well, coupled with it has been a while since I was last into shooting because of my busy schedule. Not that I had anything important to do here, so I thought it would be fun to do it.

My phone rang and when I checked and saw that the call was from Janice, I rolled my eyes and tossed the phone on the seat. I wasn't in the mood to talk to her.

After what seemed like forever, I finally got to the company and soon pulled over at th
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