** He prowls towards me like a panther hunting his prey and I back away until my back hits the side of the counter. He grins. "I have a business proposal." I raise a skeptical eyebrow. "A business proposal." "Well yeah. Think about it. You don't want to marry me or anyone else for that matter and I don't want to marry you." "Umm yeah and that's where our similarities end. So I don't see how this helps in any way." He looks at me and rolls his eyes before continuing like it's so obvious. "Soo why don't we get married?" ** Leila Saeed was a twenty four year old searching for her true purpose in her life. As a med student and soon to be pediatrician she already knew that she wanted to help others on a daily basis. But as an individual she was not sure what SHE wanted. She knew she wanted happiness. She knew she wanted to find love. And of course she expected her significant other to be a good Muslim, loving and kind. But Leila NEVER expected to find herself married to Adnan Siddiq, a 26 year old heir to a large and successful business located in Dubai. Every action of Adnan's has Leila convinced that he is everything she has NEVER wanted in her spouse, but slowly Leila realizes that Adnan is a perfect example of the saying "Don't judge a book by its cover." As Leila and Adnan tumble and struggle through the road of marriage and find pits of darkness deeper than any rightful marriage should have, they learn that the best and only way to get through is to find it in their hearts to trust and love each other completely. ***************************************** Copyright All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, including phtocopying, recording or other mechanical or electronic methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.All Rights Reserved