Arranged Marriage || Ma. Ahtisa Manalo

⚠️ Content Warning

This story is a work of fiction and is set in an alternate universe (AU). It may contain explicit scenes, mature themes, and strong language.

Any familiar names, places, or references belong to their respective owners; only the original characters and plot elements are mine.

This book features (Your Name) × Female Lead dynamics, which will be introduced later.

Reader discretion is advised. Enjoy! 💫

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𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐰𝐲𝐧 (𝐘/𝐍) -a name that sends shivers down the spines of anyone in the business world. Cruel, ruthless, and dangerously brilliant, she is a woman whose heart no one dares to cross. Independent, breathtakingly beautiful, and cold as marble, Seraphim rarely finds joy in anyone's presence... until she meets 𝐌𝐚. 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨.

𝐀𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚 is everything 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐦 is not-sweet, kind, and effortlessly warm. A rising entrepreneur with her own growing franchise, she has captured the local market's attention. Beyond her business success, she is also the 𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 2025 and 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑅𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟-𝑈𝑝 𝑎𝑡 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 2025. After returning home, she spent some time endorsing major brands before fully dedicating herself to her company.

Their first meeting? A disaster. The tension between them was unbearable, and the idea of being arranged to marry each other-forced by their mothers-felt more like a lifetime sentence than a union. Neither wanted it. Neither accepted it.

Until an outreach program unexpectedly brought them together.

For the first time, Seraphim felt something shifting inside her. She didn't want Ahtisa to end up with a rude, heartless wife. She wanted to be better-for her.