Sin and Salvation [PondPhuwin]

"We are not supposed to do this Pond... it's wrong..."
"My dear sparrow, since when loving someone has to be wrong?"
"But Nara... it's against the Order."
"I don't care about the Order anymore. All I care about is you. A future with you. A lifetime with you."

Love was never forbidden.
Choice was.

Centuries ago, the Letratkosum clan survived a succession crisis that nearly destroyed the family business.

To prevent disputes over inheritance and preserve bloodlines while maintaining political marriages between powerful families, they created the "Second Bond"-a secret arrangement where the heir produces an heir through an appointed partner, while the public marriage preserves alliances.

Every heir inherited the same fate: a loveless marriage, a chosen companion, and children born not from affection, but obligation.

Pond Naravit Letratkosum was raised to believe that duty came before desire. Yet the moment Phuwin Tangsakyuen walked into his life-not by choice, but by force-every certainty he had ever known began to unravel.

Phuwin was never meant to be loved. He was only supposed to fulfil a role, obey a Bond, and disappear into its shadows.

But in the middle of stolen conversations, silent comforts, and a kindness neither of them expected, two hearts committed the greatest sin their world had ever known.

They fell in love.

And in a family where traditions were valued above humanity, loving each other was the one crime that could destroy them both.

Because some legacies are inherited, others are meant to be broken.

~forbidden love, forced proximity

⚠️Please check Author's Note for discretion.

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