Tangled Promises
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Tahira Mahmoud never imagined her life would unravel into a public scandal, not when she was focused on her internship and building her future.
Zayyad Ibrahim, a successful architect and divorcee, has spent years protecting his heart and his family with rigid control. But when duty, whispers, and tradition corner him, he finds himself married to Tahira... a girl he has only ever seen as a sister.
What begins as an unwanted obligation soon shifts into something, neither of them expected: lingering glances that last too long, teasing that feels too familiar, and a protective tenderness that refuses to be ignored.
Tahira begins to realize that love, in all its quiet beauty, can bloom even in the places she never thought to look.
And Zayyad? He's starting to discover that the one marriage he never wanted may be the one thing he can't walk away from.
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