From the author of The Girl He Couldn't Hate Six years change everything. People evolves promises fade and love sometimes turns into something far more dangerous. Blackridge Group stands untouchable and powerful and at the center of it is Veer Malhotra the man who rebuilt a collapsing empire with nothing but his will. The moment he steps out of his car the world seems to shift. Cameras flashes and reporters crowd around him, voices overlapping in desperation. "Mr. Malhotra, is it true your idea was stolen? Are you losing your edge?" For a brief second he stops. He turns, sliding his glasses into place, his expression were cold . "If copying me is their biggest achievement," he says, his voice calm yet cutting, "then they've already lost "and without another glance he walked away leaving behind silence louder than the chaos. Inside, panic spreads betrayal, leaks, a company on the edge but Veer remains untouched. Because he doesn't react, he retaliates. Calmly and ruthlessly To him this isn't just business- it's control. It's survival and he doesn't lose anymore. But behind that power lies a man carved by something deeper , a past that doesn't let him sleep, a betrayal that taught him not to trust and a wound that never truly healed. Veer Malhotra isn't just feared because of what he's built but because of what he's become and just when everything seems under his command one name appears and shakes the very foundation he stands on Aarya Sharma. The girl who once meant everything. The girl who broke him. The girl who disappeared without a trace is now back standing on the opposite side of his world. This isn't the beginning of a love story. It's the beginning of a war. IT IS RECOMMENDED TO READ BOOK 1 FIRST TO UNDERSTAND THE BOOK 2

𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐒 ✦ 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐀 𝐌𝐄𝐇𝐑𝐀 __ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐄 ♛ 𝐑𝐄𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐇 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐑𝐀__𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐀𝐅𝐈𝐀 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐒 ♚ 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝; 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞. Some friendships are too chaotic to last... and too powerful to forget. Ashmita and Reyansh were once academic rivals, each fighting for the top spot, unaware that fate was already tying their futures together. No one knows Ashmita's truth: she is known enough to be feared, yet unknown enough to never be found. Reyansh, born into a powerful mafia family he never wanted to belong to, has spent his life trying to escape the shadows of his bloodline. Years later, life brings them back under one roof ✦ bound by a marriage neither chose, and a destiny shaped by secrets, power, and a rivalry far bigger than their childhood wars.