Not love,Not yet
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Last published Mon, Jul 21, 2025
This is a story of Islah Goni,and Muhammad Mumtaz a 21 and thirty year old.
She's just graduated with a degree in psychology, full of hopes to help others and carve her own path. He's taken the reins as CEO of his father's company, carrying the weight of family expectations and a past that still shadows him.
When their parents, longtime friends, decide to bind them in an arranged marriage, it feels less like a union and more like a sentence. Islah resents being tethered when she's ready to fly. Muhammad, distant and guarded, is determined to keep his heart locked away.
Under the same roof, they clash two worlds colliding with bitter words and silent stares.Islah and Muhammad never asked for this marriage.
Not Love, Not Yet is a compelling story of two souls forced together by tradition but drawn apart by fear. It is a journey of healing, growth, and the slow discovery that sometimes love doesn't come with fireworks it comes quietly, in the spaces between.
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