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Chapter 48
Elijah's P.O.V
"The world is not quite ready for the real Camila, trust me" Camila says with a low chuckle, shaking her head.
"You never know, you're a role model to a lot of people out there, and it doesn't really matter if they don't accept you, as long as you accept who you are, that's all that matters" I tell her honestly.
"A role model?" she asks herself softly, a small smile playing on her lips.
Her eyes fell to her feet as she drew her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around herself protectively.
"A persona built for the media, that's all we rich people do right, just build fake personas to get by, hiding all our dirty secrets from the outside world, in hopes of robbing them blind" she says in a low tone, almost inaudibly.
The way her voice cracked a few times was enough to know she was hurt by how she had to live her life in the eye of the public. There are things we have to do that we'r
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