Story By Favour Ima
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Favour Ima

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VOWS WRITTEN IN CHAMPAGNE
Updated at Jul 21, 2026, 17:38
Shaznay has been holding her family together since she was seventeen. After losing both parents in a car crash, she put her dreams on hold to raise her younger sister and care for her grandmother. Eight years later, she finally catches a break and lands a position at one of the most powerful property development companies in Johannesburg. That night, she celebrates with her two best friends. That night, she meets a man who introduces himself as Victor. That night, her life splits in two. She wakes up in a luxury penthouse in Cape Town with a pounding headache, a diamond ring on her finger, and a marriage certificate bearing her name beside another. Benjamin Victor. She tells herself she will never see him again. The lawyers will fix it. She will move on. Monday morning, she walks into her new office and comes face to face with her husband. He is not just any man. He is the new CEO. Her boss. And he has a reason to keep her close that has nothing to do with their one wild night together. Secrets connect their families. Enemies lurk in silk dresses and boardrooms. And the vow she cannot remember making might be the one thing keeping her alive.
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