From Burnt Roses

Safeena Magaji never dreamed of more. A steady job to support her family and keep her daughter smiling — that was enough. She knew better than to hope for anything beyond survival.

Working at the Garo Mansion drained her with every passing day. Serving a matriarch obsessed with appearances, answering to a boss who despised her, and working alongside people who barely tolerated her. She lived by two simple rules:
Keep her head down. Stay invisible.

Then he returned.
Abdulhafeez Habeeb Garo — the prodigal son, the new MD of Garo Enterprises.
The man who made the air shift the moment he walked into a room.

From the very first glance, Safeena set her third rule in stone — stay far, far away from him.

But keeping her distance? That proved impossible.
His eyes followed her when they shouldn’t.
His words hit harder than they should.
And when he made her an offer she couldn’t refuse…
Safeena’s carefully guarded life began to unravel — marked by the shadows and silent imprints of the one man she’d sworn to avoid.