Bound Hearts: A Love Written by Fate
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Last published Sat, Nov 8, 2025
Two souls bound by a contract, torn apart by pride, and reunited by fate.
Elara Villaflor never believed in arranged marriages-especially not with Damien Alcaraz, the cold and heartless heir who treated love as a weakness. Forced by their families to marry for business, Elara finds herself trapped in a world where emotions are forbidden and trust is fragile.
But behind every fight, every cold stare, and every bitter word-something deeper begins to bloom. Until one night of vulnerability changes everything.
Just when love begins to find its way between them, betrayal strikes.
A painful truth destroys what they've built and separates them for years.
When fate finally brings them back together, both have changed-stronger, colder, and carrying secrets neither of them are ready to face.
Because sometimes, fate doesn't separate hearts to end them-
it separates them to teach them how to find their way back.
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