She was forced to marry a sheikh who was in a coma in order to pay off her family’s enormous debt. But on the night when she kissed him, he whispered three words that made her whole body begin to tremble 😲😵
Sofia fell to her knees, her heart tightening with fresh pain: her father had died only three weeks earlier. Among faded photographs and old letters that smelled of the past, her gaze stopped on an envelope with a golden seal.
Her hands trembled as she opened it. What lay inside took her breath away.
In front of her was a contract written in two languages and signed twenty years earlier. The amount of the debt was highlighted in threatening red and contained so many zeros that Sofia had to blink several times to make sure it wasn’t a hallucination.
Her father had hidden a secret capable of destroying her life.
She had barely managed to gather herself when an insistent knock sounded at the door. Two men in impeccable suits stood on the threshold, sharply contrasting with the poor entrance hall.
The older one introduced himself as the lawyer of the Al-Karim family. They had not come to threaten her, but to offer a “solution” to settle her father’s debt.
On his tablet he showed a photograph of an incredibly attractive man — deep eyes, a confident smile.
Amin Al-Karim, the heir to a huge architectural empire. He was thirty-two years old and had been in a deep coma for six months after a mysterious accident.
Their proposal sounded like a nightmare.
The family urgently needed a legal wife for the heir because of corporate matters.
If Sofia agreed to marry Amin for one year, her father’s debt would be completely written off. If he woke up — she would receive a large compensation and her freedom. If not — the marriage would be annulled and she would leave without any debts.
Sofia signed, feeling as if she were selling her own destiny in order to save her mother.
The journey passed like a fog of tears and anxiety. When she arrived at the family’s luxurious estate, she was greeted by a real palace with fountains and blooming orange trees.
But the cold look of Amin’s mother — Nadia — immediately made it clear: here she was considered only part of the deal.
The next day Sofia was led into the room where her future husband lay. The room did not look like an ordinary hospital ward, and in the center, surrounded by the quiet beeping of machines, he lay there.
Up close Amin was even more handsome. His chest slowly rose and fell. Sofia approached carefully, her heart pounding in her throat. She reached out her hand and gently touched his palm.
According to tradition, Sofia had to kiss her future husband. And when she leaned down and kissed Amin on the forehead, the monitor beside them emitted a sharp, irregular signal that shattered the silence of the room.
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She stepped back, thinking she had accidentally touched a wire. But the signal did not stop — on the contrary, the rhythm became faster and faster.
Sofia was about to call the doctors when she suddenly felt a slight movement under her hand. Amin’s fingers twitched almost imperceptibly.
She froze, unable to believe her eyes. Slowly leaning closer, Sofia whispered his name. At that moment his lips parted slightly and a barely audible voice escaped them:
— Don’t leave… please.
Three quiet words sounded almost inaudible, but to Sofia they were louder than any scream.
A few seconds later the doctors rushed into the room, the machines began beeping even louder, and everything around them turned into chaotic movement.
Later the doctors said that his awakening had been a true miracle. Amin slowly began to regain consciousness, and the first person he saw was Sofia.
After a year their marriage was no longer just a formality. Her family’s debt had disappeared, but it no longer mattered.
Because from a deal made out of desperation something completely unexpected was born — a life that both of them had once almost lost.
