Prologue

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The city was a beast, a concrete jungle pulsating with ambition and desire. It was a place where dreams were forged, and hearts were either hardened or broken. In its unforgiving embrace, two souls, as different as night and day, were destined to collide.

Annika Trivedi was a breath of fresh air amidst the city's smog. Hailing from a small town where life moved at the pace of a lazy river, she had arrived in the metropolis with a suitcase full of dreams and a heart brimming with hope. Her laughter was like the tinkling of wind chimes, infectious and pure. Yet, beneath the cheerful exterior lay a vulnerability, a fear of not belonging in this world of towering skyscrapers and ruthless competition.

Shivay Singh Oberoi was the city incarnate. A titan of industry, his empire stretched across continents, his name synonymous with power and success. He was a man sculpted from ice, his emotions as carefully calculated as his business strategies. Love, to him, was a superfluous emotion, a distraction from the pursuit of perfection. His world was black and white, with no room for gray areas.

Their paths were as divergent as the sun and the moon. Annika, a dreamer with her head in the clouds, and Shivay, a realist with his feet firmly planted on the ground. Yet, fate, with its uncanny sense of irony, had woven their destinies together. Like two magnets, opposite poles attracting, their lives were about to intersect, setting in motion a chain of events that would shake the very foundations of their existence.

The city, a silent spectator, held its breath. Little did it know, it was about to witness a spectacle unlike any other. A tale of opposites, of love and ambition, of fire and ice. A story where the unexpected reigned supreme, and the lines between hope and despair blurred.

The city watched with anticipation. Would their collision be a cataclysmic explosion or a harmonious symphony? Only time held the answer. But one thing was certain: their lives were about to change forever.

The stage was set. The players were in place. The drama was about to unfold.

And so, the story begins.

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Author's Note

Hello everyone! I'm back with a new story. I had some free time and my imagination ran wild, so I decided to write it down. I’m not sure about how often I’ll be able to update, but I hope you enjoy it as much as my previous story.

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