RUINATION OF DESIRES [SLOW UPDATES]

INTRODUCTION💗🤌🏻

Shivaay Mahajan, 28, is the perfect embodiment of control and cold determination. As the son of a powerful business family, he's no stranger to the shadows, dealing in drugs and weapons, all while keeping his criminal life a secret from those he loves most. To his family, he is their calm and collected heart, the one they rely on without question. Yet, beneath the composed exterior lies an ocean of torment, for despite having the world at his fingertips, there's one thing he can't possess—his heartbeat, his Aarvi.

Aarvi Mishra, 25, was born into a middle-class family that has always looked at her with disdain, though she doesn't fully understand why. Despite the stutter that has shadowed her all her life, she never let it define her. Working as an assistant to her best friend, who has stood by her side since their college days, Aarvi finds solace in her work. But even in the comfort of friendship, her heart aches for the one person who saw her as more than her stutter—her Shiv. He loved her in a way no one else ever had, in a way that made her feel whole. But love, as powerful as it was, wasn't enough to keep them together. Something tore them apart, leaving both shattered, with scars they've carried for three long years.

Shivaay has never stopped loving Aarvi. In fact, his obsession has only deepened with time. He would kill for her, die for her—he would give up everything if it meant having her by his side again. Yet the memories of their time together are now bittersweet, laced with the pain of their separation. His life, no matter how grand, feels empty without her. Every deal he makes, every secret he keeps from his family, is done with a constant void in his chest where Aarvi used to be. He craves her presence like oxygen, but fate has kept them apart, and he's been powerless to bring her back.

Aarvi, on the other hand, carries a burden of her own. She still loves her Shiv—how could she not? He was the only one who never saw her stutter, only saw "her". But loving him comes with a price she's unwilling to pay. She fears that if they're together again, he'll learn the truth about her family, and that truth will tear him away from her forever. She's caught in a painful tug-of-war between the man who once made her feel alive and the loyalty she holds, no matter how begrudgingly, to her family.

Now, after three years of silence, they meet again. The air between them is heavy with unspoken words, with emotions too raw to ignore. Shivaay, with his calm but fierce love, and Aarvi, with her guarded heart, stand at the precipice of something greater than either of them can comprehend.

Will the love they once had reignite like wildfire, consuming everything in its path? Or will the wounds of the past, and the secrets they carry, tear them apart once more, leaving them as nothing but strangers with a history too painful to relive?

When destiny brings the past crashing back into your life, can love truly conquer all? Or is fate too cruel to let it?

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