Bound by honor (Book III in the bound series)
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"I love you, Bils. I've always loved you," Mukhtar said, his voice low, desperate. "I'm sorry for running away sorry for how things ended between us. Please... just give me a chance to prove myself."
He looked at her like she was his last prayer.
Bilkisu bit her lip, torn between the ache of remembering and the need to protect what was left of her pride.
"Mukhtar?" she said softly, then her eyes hardened. "No."
He was her almost. Her what-if. Her once-upon-a-time.
And then he disappeared twice.
Mukhtar has always known where his loyalty lies: with his family, his culture. But when it comes to Bilkisu his cousin and first love the lines between honor and desire blur.
A year ago, they shared something quiet but real until he ghosted her without explanation. Twice. Now, with another man's proposal on the table and pressure mounting, Bilkisu must decide: will she marry for duty, or risk everything for a love that's never been allowed to breathe?
But Mukhtar isn't the same man who walked away. And Bilkisu isn't the girl who waited.
Set against the backdrop of tradition, expectations, and the sacrifices made in silence, Bound by Honor explores whether love can still bloom in the soil of restraint and what happens when two hearts, bound by everything but time, finally speak.
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