A fake marriage. A secret deal. Hiba Siddiqui only wants two things in life - freedom and a visa to the UK. Marriage? Just a shortcut to tick off both. Love? Please, she's not that desperate. Izhan khan likes his life simple - work, gym, sleep, repeat. Marriage? A responsibility, not a romance. When family pressure forces him into a rishta, he agrees - on one condition: no expectations, no complications, and definitely no love. The plan is foolproof: A temporary marriage. A picture-perfect couple for the world to see. Zero emotional involvement. But when sarcasm meets silence, clumsiness tests patience, and late-night conversations reveal what neither of them signed up for... Lines blur. Rules break. And hearts? Well... they were never part of the contract. He wasn't supposed to care. She wasn't supposed to feel. And hearts were never supposed to break in a deal like this. _ _ _ "I have a habit of breaking things." "I've noticed." "And... I talk too much." "I'm aware." "And I'm sarcastic." "I'll survive." The only thing harder than faking a love story... is not falling into one. Falling in love was never part of the deal... but some deals are made to be broken.

📖 THROUGH THE LACE (Book One) Malik Clothings is a symbol of prestige. But prestige is just a fabric. And fabric can be torn. Zayd Malik inherited more than a company. He inherited a lie. When he quietly reopens the case that destroyed his grandfather and left his family name in ashes, he doesn't realize he's pulling at a thread that leads straight to a fire eighteen years old. A fire that killed a man's family.A fire that was never an accident. Across the city, Rimsha Khan is untouchable. A fashion prodigy. An empire built on perfection, on control, on reinvention. What she hasn't built it on is her real name. Because Rimsha ran from that fire. And she's been running ever since. Their collision is not coincidence. As missing files surface, old enemies stir, and the past claws its way into the present, one thing becomes clear: Twenty years ago, someone didn't just destroy a man. They rewrote history. And the lace that once concealed it all is about to rip. Pull one thread. Watch everything burn.