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Tagline: "She promised never to love. He swore to break that promise."
Genre: Psychological Romance | Tragedy | Slow-Burn
Length: Estimated 35-40 chapters
Status: Ongoing
Zoe doesn't believe in love. She fears it.
Diagnosed with philophobia, she's learned to survive by shutting down emotionally. Her past is a graveyard of abandonment, betrayal, and emotional chaos - love, to her, is a danger she refuses to invite. Walls up, heart locked, she lives by one rule: Don't let anyone in.
But then she meets Zayn Alvin- billionaire CEO's son, magnetic, arrogant, and impossible to ignore. In the boardroom and in public, he's untouchable. But behind closed doors, he's someone else entirely.
With Zoe, he's patient, vulnerable... safe.
Zayn has always lived a double life - one molded by power and pressure, the other hidden beneath years of secrets. No one has ever seen his real self. Until Zoe.
As their connection deepens, Zoe finds herself drawn to the one man who feels like home - and danger - all at once. Every time she lets him in, her fear claws its way back. And every time Zayn tries to protect her, his own mask begins to slip.
But behind Zayn's carefully curated charm lies a truth darker than Zoe's past. And when that truth comes out, it threatens to destroy the only fragile trust she's ever built.
This is not a story about perfect love.
It's about broken minds, fractured identities, and a romance built in the shadows of fear.