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Chapter 29 – Are You In Love?
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Chapter 29 – Are You In Love?
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For the next months, Kiara was busy on doing her reviews for the Licensure Examination for Architects. Kiara’s time was spent on working in the club at night and during the day, she would bury herself in her books and draw plates. And during those months, Phoenix had never showed up to her again after their encounter on the night of her graduation. Kiara was still able to see him though, but only in the news television and media sites. He has been focusing in his business, expanding his chain of hotels, dealing and partnering with foreign investors and international companies. His business had been contributing in the country’s economy, and his company was deemed to be the fastest growing company in the world at this year, and to think that this is being managed by a young bachelor in his twenties had amazed the people more. On media interviews, he had been asked
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