The Woman Who Said No

Zara Ekanem has three rules: Don’t trust pretty boys. Don’t mix business with pleasure. And never, ever fall for a client. But when she walks into Paladar, Lagos’ trendiest restaurant, to fix their messy books, she meets Jason Adetokunbo—Nigerian-Mexican culinary genius, dangerously charming, and every kind of wrong. Jason is drawn to her curves, her fire, her unapologetic no’s. He wants her—and not just for one night. But Zara’s been burned before. The last man she loved left her in ruins, and she’s still picking up the pieces. Now, it’s a game of wills. She pushes. He pulls. She builds walls. He cooks through them. But Lagos is a city of secrets—and Jason’s past is about to catch up with them both. Can a woman who doesn’t believe in love survive a man obsessed with her heart?

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