Paper Rings (ON HOLD)
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PAPER RINGS
Some promises are made with gold, others with paper.
When Aisha Muhammad Sidi and Fahad Bello Turaki are forced into an arranged marriage to solidify their parents' high stakes business alliance, neither of them is interested in love or each other. Reluctantly bound by duty, they strike a quiet deal: five years of marriage, no strings attached, and then freedom.
But as years pass, lines begin to blur. Behind closed doors and public smiles, Aisha and Fahad navigate ambition, family loyalty, and unexpected moments of vulnerability. What begins as a temporary arrangement soon challenges everything they thought they knew about love, partnership, and themselves.
Will five years be enough to walk away
or too long to pretend?
The marriage they say is to last just 5 years. Will it actually reach the 5 years or exceed it............
Read to know what happens.
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