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The Swan They Called an Ugly Duckling
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A billion-dollar heiress shows up to her wedding too overweight to fit her ring—mocked by everyone. She takes down the socialite, dives for her ring, but her billionaire husband calls it "just a merger." She vanishes, transforms, and returns a bombshell. When she plays the hardest piano concerto, the room freezes. Who is this rejected bride?
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