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Chapter 114

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The week after she returned from Boston was hella hectic for her, yes she agreed to help and be involved in the preparation for their birthday and also her parent's anniversary but she didn't expect it to be so much work, she expected to just have to pick between wines, cake and decorations and all that kind of stuff but what she wasn't ready for was the kind of work her parents had assigned to her, they made her do the public aspect and she had to face the cameras officially for the first time in her life and even though it hasn't been as bad as she had thought it would be, it still wasn't easy.

"I think it was pretty easy seeing that you decided to appear more on TV,"

The voice in her head accused, she let out a small laugh, she had made a small, okay not so small decision on Wednesday when a brand she worked with shortly as Natalie had approached her and wanted to sign with her, she hadn't given it much thought and just signed the deal, it was a leap in another direction, she wante
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