The Five Years Promise
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Some vows were never meant to be kept.
She promised her mother she would survive for five years.
He was never part of the plan.
Trapped in a gilded cage of luxury and hidden pain, Isabella lives only to honor a desperate vow made to her dying mother.
Lucian, a man as cold and unyielding as she is, views their marriage as nothing more than a business transaction.
But when he discovers the devastating truth behind her icy façade-and the promise that keeps her alive-his world begins to crumble.
Terrified of losing her, he makes his stance clear:
"OVER MY DEAD BODY WILL I LET YOU FULFILL THAT PROMISE."
As the countdown to her fifth year begins, two frozen hearts must face their darkest demons.
Can a love born of pain survive when time itself is running out?
A dark romance about trauma, survival, and a love that defies all odds.
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