CineBelleRuminations
Three years ago, Lani chose a love that scorched everything in its path-her family ties, her reputation, her sense of self.
Now divorced at twenty-five and emotionally burnt out, she's spent the last eleven months hiding in a high-rise apartment she can't afford, mourning the life she thought she'd built. When a disastrous first date collides with an accidental run-in with her estranged cousin, Lani is thrust back into the orbit of the very people she's been avoiding-and one man she didn't expect to notice her.
Reem is handsome, unreadable, and far too close to the family circle she's only just begun to tiptoe back into.
A glance from him sparks more than discomfort-it unearths the fear that she could repeat her greatest mistake: loving someone in a way that costs her everything.
As wedding invitations, Viber gossip threads, and long-standing grudges pile up, Lani is forced to face the question at the heart of every ancient tragedy she once taught her students:
Is it worth having a love that burns your world?