"I didn't have to love you. I chose to love you. And that difference is all that matters." *** Zainab Umar has spent her whole life avoiding one thing: men. Not out of pride or stubbornness, but because she knows exactly what they're capable of. So when her family begins to push her toward marriage, she refuses again and again. She would rather be alone than risk becoming another victim of a story she knows too well. Then she meets Amir Abdullahi bin Mas'ud, a quiet blind man who doesn't look at her the way others do. He doesn't try to impress her, and he doesn't even try to love her. And somehow, that changes everything. But love isn't something Zainab is ready for. Not yet. The question is, by the time she is, will it already be too late? ***