Naina Awasthy’s life had always been meticulously planned, or so she thought. At 22, she had dreams that seemed just within her reach—a stable career, a loving fiancé, and a wedding that was supposed to mark the beginning of her perfect life. But fate had other plans. On the very day she was meant to walk down the aisle, her fiancé disappeared, leaving her world shattered and her family in shock.
Amidst the chaos, a solution was proposed, one that neither Naina nor Arnav Chaudhary had ever considered. Arnav, her brother’s best friend, was a man who carried his own scars. A father to a two-year-old daughter, Aadya, and divorced after his wife’s betrayal, Arnav had sworn off love. Yet, under the immense pressure of family expectations and societal judgment, Naina and Arnav were forced into a marriage neither of them wanted.
Thrown into a relationship built on duty rather than choice, Naina and Arnav are strangers navigating the complexities of their pasts, while a little girl unknowingly ties them together. As they grapple with their emotions, the pain of betrayal, and the weight of expectations, both will have to discover if they can build a future from the ruins of their broken dreams—or if their forced marriage will only deepen the wounds they’ve already endured.
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RomanceIn this novel, Naina Awasthy, a 22-year-old woman, is thrust into an unexpected marriage with Arnav Chaudhary, her brother's best friend, after her fiancé abandons her on their wedding day. Arnav, a single father to his daughter Aadya, carries the w...
