🌸 AALIYAH ABDULLAH
Age: 23
Role: Female lead
Aaliyah is beautiful, soft-spoken, modest, and deeply attached to her family. She believes marriage should be built on love, trust, and understanding.
She once believed Fahad was the man Allah had chosen for her-until he disappeared just days before their wedding.
After the heartbreak, Aaliyah becomes more guarded. She agrees to marry Zayd because she believes it is the only way to move forward.
She doesn't expect to fall in love with him.
And she definitely doesn't expect to discover that he loved her first.
🖤 ZAYD ABDULLAH
Age: 31
Role: Male lead
Zayd is Fahad's older brother and the heir to his family's multimillion-naira business empire.
Calm. Wealthy. Intelligent. Reserved.
He rarely shows emotion, but when it comes to Aaliyah, his carefully controlled personality begins to crack.
He has secretly loved her for years, but he buried those feelings because she belonged to his younger brother.
When Fahad walks away, Zayd finally sees his chance-but he refuses to force Aaliyah to love him.
Until she becomes his wife.
Then protecting her becomes more than a responsibility.
It becomes personal.
💔 FAHAD ABDULLAH
Age: 27
Role: Ex / younger brother
Fahad was Aaliyah's first love.
Charming, affectionate, and spontaneous, he made her believe they would have a perfect marriage.
Then he disappeared.
Years later-or perhaps months, depending on our timeline-he returns wanting the woman he abandoned.
But Fahad isn't the same man Aaliyah remembers.
And his return threatens everything Zayd has built with her.
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👑 HAJIYA MARYAM ABDULLAH
Age: 55
Role: Zayd and Fahad's mother
Elegant, wealthy and extremely influential within the family.
She believes marriage should strengthen the family's status and reputation.
She never wanted Aaliyah as a daughter-in-law and isn't afraid to make that clear.
But she doesn't know that her eldest son has already fallen deeply in love with his wife.
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🌷 SUMAYYA ABDULLAH
Age: 25
Role: Zayd's younger sister
Warm, funny and protective of Aaliyah.
She is the first person in Zayd's family to genuinely accept her and becomes Aaliyah's closest friend.
She also knows more about why Fahad disappeared than she lets on. 👀
🕊️ AMINA BELLO
Age: 28
Role: Fahad's former love interest
Beautiful, confident and sophisticated.
She knows Fahad still has feelings for Aaliyah-and she isn't happy about it.
But there's more to Amina's connection with Fahad than romance.
She knows the secret behind the wedding that Aaliyah was never supposed to discover.
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MARRIED TO MY EX'S BROTHER
Non-FictionShe was supposed to marry the man she loved. Three days before their wedding, he disappeared. Heartbroken and humiliated, Aaliyah never expected to become the wife of the man she least expected-her ex's older brother. Zayd is cold, wealthy, and dang...
