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How could a leopard hide its spots?

Author: Love4Fiction
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-04-01 21:10:07
Matthew and Harry stood in front of the weird looking mansion with an unreadable expression. There was a reason for their mood; this was the very mansion that they had won in a gamble along with their dear friend, Jerome in their carefree younger days. The mansions aesthetics were the result of their rebellion towards the norms that existed regarding the do's and don’t of building mansions for nobility.

They had never thought of this place as they had never returned after wining the bet and remo
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