More Than Just A Promise
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💍 More Than Just a Promise
A Muslim Love Story Rooted in Faith and Tradition
Nadia Ameen lives loud-in color, in rhythm, in dreams. Her heart beats to the sound of music, her fingers dance over fabric, and her eyes are fixed on a future far from everything expected of her. She didn't plan to marry young-especially not to a man who barely speaks unless necessary.
But a promise made long ago between two mothers made long before she had a voice, changes everything.
Zayd Razaq-Abuja's youngest tech mogul, calm, calculated, and built of silence. He doesn't believe in love. Not anymore. For him, emotions are distractions, and marriage is just another checkbox in a legacy too heavy to carry alone. Until Nadia enters his u space between strangers and soulmates. What begins as duty slowly becomes something deeper, something neither of them dares to name.
More Than Just a Promise is a heartwarming, slow-burn Muslim romance set against the rich cultural backdrop of northern Nigeria-where love isn't always loud, but it's always worth listening to.
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