Anaya: A Secret at the Altar

They weren't meant to cross paths, but fate had already written their story.

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𝗔𝗕𝗛𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗨 𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗔, 27, the epitome of power and perfection. Born into a royal legacy, he walks with pride, speaks with authority, and rules with an iron heart. Arrogant, cold, and dangerously intelligent - betrayal, to him, is an unforgivable sin.

The world knows him as one of the top ten billionaires in the country. But behind the empire and luxury is a man who only lets two things into his guarded heart - his mother and his ambition.

Falling for someone was never part of his plan.
Especially not her.
The girl who walked into his life wearing a veil meant for someone else.
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𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗬𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗪𝗗𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗬, 23, a brilliant medical intern with a smile that hides years of silent sorrow. She grew up craving the love her parents never gave, learning to mask her pain behind grace and patience.

She never wanted to be part of a fairy tale that wasn't hers. But when her sister backed out of the wedding, Anaya was thrown into a storm she never saw coming - forced to marry a stranger whose gaze felt like fire and whose silence was louder than any scream.

She thought it was just a temporary lie.
What she didn't expect... was to lose her heart in the middle of it.

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He pushed me against the glass, water pouring over our skin like the sky itself wanted to cool the fire between us.
I should've moved. I didn't.
I should've looked away. I couldn't.
His breath fanned my cheek, and his voice-low, rough, and addictive-sent chills down my spine.

"You have no idea what you've awakened in me," he whispered, his lips grazing my earlobe.

And in that moment, the cold was forgotten.
Because his touch set my world on fire.