NOT MINE TO KEEP
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Last published Sun, May 17, 2026
she wanted love. She found something that changed her forever.
Habeebah Abdulqadir came to university with clear goals - her faith, her books, and basketball.
Love was never part of the plan.
But plans change.
Ahmed chases her with bold confessions.
Hamza stays close, gentle and confusing.
Ibrahim watches from a distance - cold, unreadable, dangerous to her heart.
Between late-night libraries, basketball courts, stolen glances, and feelings she refuses to name, Habeebah begins to realize that not every love is meant to be chosen...
Some loves arrive softly.
Some burn slowly.
And some were never hers to keep.
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