Reluctantly Yours
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Ongoing1h 48m
Last published Sun, Jul 6, 2025
Claudia Van Cooper has always lived life on her terms-or at least, that's what she told herself. Spoiled, sharp-tongued and allergic to anything resembling commitment, she never expected to wake up married to a stranger.
But when her father, a ruthless real estate tycoon, threatens to cut her off unless she seals a merger with a wedding ring, Claudia is forced into a loveless marriage with Amara Chaiyaporn (daughter of a Thai hotel magnate), still grieving the recent death of her father.
Shy, soft-spoken and far too gentle for Claudia's world, Amara wants nothing to do with this life either. Pushed into silence by her stepmother's manipulation, she becomes just another pawn in a game of power and greed.
Thrown into a cold mansion and colder marriage, both girls must navigate each other's scars, secrets and the slow unraveling of everything they thought they knew about love.
This is not a love story.
Not yet.
But it might become one.
Eventually.
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