Stuck with the boss

Ch -17 Change of hearts

Rey's POV

What does that little brat think of herself?

I had clearly overestimated my own patience when I thought I could handle this arrangement like a calculated deal.

But her?

She was not a variable.

She was a disruption.

A very loud, very stubborn, very distracting disruption.

And for a moment yesterday—just a moment—I had let my thoughts slip.

That was unacceptable.

I leaned back in my chair, exhaling slowly.

No emotional mistakes.

No distractions.

This was not about feelings.

This was about control.

And I always win control.

My mother wanted her.

My family approved her.

Which meant one wrong move from me... and I lose everything I've built.

No room for softness.

No room for confusion.

Only strategy.

I closed my eyes.

"This is just a deal," I muttered to myself.

And finally forced myself to sleep.

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Shreya's POV

How could he think I can't resist that pervert?

The audacity.

I stared at my ceiling like it personally betrayed me.

Yesterday's breakdown? Temporary glitch.

I am fine.

Absolutely fine.

Completely unaffected.

(That was a lie. My brain refused to believe it too.)

Because no matter how much I tried—

his words kept looping in my head.

His smirk.

His voice.

His stupid confidence.

And I hate that my heart has started behaving like it has its own opinion.

"This is not happening," I whispered to myself.

Tomorrow is the engagement ceremony.

Officially entering the swamp of marriage arrangements.

With Reyhansh Singhania.

God.

What crime did I even commit in my previous life?

I sighed dramatically, pulling the blanket over my head like that would fix life.

Eventually... sleep won.

Barely.

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Morning Chaos (Shreya's POV)

I woke up to violence.

Not emotional.

Physical.

BANG BANG BANG.