(#2 of 'Thakur Brother's' series) "Who bring you here?" He questioned in deep husky voice, I shivered again unknowingly, my tears falling down like a river. His gaze dipping into my soul, I couldn't hold his intense gaze and lowered my lashes. "Did you can't hear?" He said, in little bit loud voice, I tightly shut my eyes squeezing them, I want to tell him everything. How I bought up here, what happened with me but I can't able to utter a single word thinking about there threats. I hide my face pressing on my thighs, I placed my right hand on my mouth to control myself for crying out infront of him. "Can you tell me everything?" I slowly lifted my head just a bit, slightly opening my tearing lashes to looked at him, his expression were completely blank and expressionless. I pressed my lips and try to gather some courage to atleast speak a word, I opened my trembling lips. "I-I don't know-w, who-o are they," Somehow I managed to say trying to control my outburst, his eyebrows thinned in a line. I'm trying to control myself but when I saw his expression getting changed, I pressed my body backward, seeing him taking steps towards me. "Did someone make you unconscious," He questioned in most deep and dangerous voice I ever heard before, I gulped nervously. I bit my lower lips I couldn't help my tears were not stopping from flowing from my eyes, being confused and afraid. I keep looking at him, tightly clutching on the fabric over my chest, he eyebrows thinned in line. "I ask you something, did you hear me?" He said gritting his teeth, I tightly pressed my thighs on my chest looking at his scary face expression. He clutched his jaw, I feel I will die just feeling his intense glare on my face, I bit my inner cheeks harshly. "REMOVE YOUR SAREE," My life shattered into tiny fragments, just like a broken mirror. Do I ever have a peaceful life? Copyright ©️ 2024 Warning : The story contains mature content

༻✧༺ Hate. Love. Two forces that should never share the same breath, yet somehow they circle us like predators waiting for the weakest pulse. Devvrat Badgujar has never been the kind of man who bows. His blood runs with rebellion, and his mind is forged from ambition sharper than his father ever intended. But power is a delicate currency in the Badgujar empire, and until the family fortune is transferred to his hands, Devvrat plays the dutiful son out of strategy. The calm before the revolt. When his father commands him to choose a bride at a high-profile marriage gala, Devvrat arrives ready to endure the farce. Women parade themselves like offerings for a crown he doesn't even want. Then he sees her. Ishanya. Confident. Calm. Completely uninterested in him. And the daughter of his father's biggest political rival. Choosing her is madness. Choosing her is provocation. Choosing her is war. Choosing her is the last thing he should do. But it's the first thing he wants. So he says her name. Ishanya looks at him like he just flipped her entire life upside down. Maybe he has. She calls it manipulation. He calls it necessity. Deep down, both know it's something far more dangerous. Because Ishanya doesn't fold the way others do. She pushes back. She questions him. She ignites a hunger in him he has spent years burying beneath his skin. Now every encounter becomes a battlefield. Every argument draws blood. Every stolen glance feels like a step toward a cliff neither of them is ready to jump from. Devvrat doesn't intend to fall for her. He only intends to control the narrative, secure his future, and break free from his father's leash. But the heart has a habit of derailing even the sharpest plans, and Ishanya might be the one variable he can't outmaneuver, outthink, or outrun. And in a world built on power, politics, and simmering desire... falling for the enemy might be the most reckless gamble of all. ༻✧༺

An arranged marriage isn't something everyone wants. It's a big chance that not everyone would take. Will this one work out, or will it not? Can love really grow when you didn't choose who you marry? Will they be happy together? And in the end, will they stay together or not? Come along on this journey to see if this arranged marriage will work out or not. Only time will give us the answer. Started: 30 December 2023 Finished: 19 August 2025