vanilla_book_lover
Nemal has never been told no.
Raised in luxury and wrapped in indulgence, she grew up believing the world would always adjust itself to her moods. Late nights, designer dresses, careless words, dismissed staff. Her father's love shielded her from consequences, until the one decision that mattered most arrived dressed in silk and gold.
Her wedding is meant to secure her future, her status, her safety. Instead, it becomes a public disaster when the groom disappears, leaving behind humiliation and whispers that money cannot silence.
To save his honour and his daughter's reputation, her father makes a desperate choice, offering her hand to the one man who has watched her from the margins of privilege: Saadan, his loyal bodyguard. A man who knows Nemal only by her reputation and her temper. A man who has lived by discipline, restraint, and duty in a world far removed from hers.
What follows is not a fairytale rescue, but a collision. Between entitlement and integrity. Between wealth and worth. Between a woman who has never had to change and a man who has always had to endure.
This is the story of a spoiled girl forced into a marriage that will not bend for her. And the quiet man who may be the first person in her life unwilling to do so.