She dances like a prayer. He walks like a warning. And the moment their eyes meet - fate stops breathing. Aradhya isn't just beautiful. She is poetry in motion, discipline in flesh, devotion in every breath. A woman born to set the stage on fire... yet forced to carry the weight of an empire instead. She hides her softness behind responsibility, her dreams behind duty - and her heart behind a silence no one ever cared to understand. Until he looked at her. Vyom isn't just powerful. He is danger sculpted into a man. Cold. Calculated. Worshipped by success, feared by competitors. A king draped in shadows who never allows anyone close enough to touch his soul... because he believes he doesn't have one. Until she danced in front of him. He didn't fall in love. He fell apart. She didn't surrender. She burned. Their connection isn't chemistry - it's collision. A spark that becomes a wildfire. A storm that drags the universe with it. He claims her in silence. She defies him with a glance. He breaks every rule for her. She breaks every fear because of him. There are no heroes in their story. No villains either. Just two souls who fit together too perfectly to ever stay apart - even when destiny tries to rip them from each other. He is the obsession she never wanted. She is the peace he never believed he deserved. Together, they create a love so fierce it threatens to rewrite both their lives. This is not a love story. This is a revolution whispered between two heartbeats. A vow written in fire. A bond the world cannot undo. Because when Vyom touches Aradhya, the world disappears. And when Aradhya whispers "suniye..." Vyom remembers what it means to breathe.

Book #1 of Never Duet "You would never be more than just a replacement, you'd never be mine." She had no choice in marriage or in running away from it. From him. The man who was supposed to marry her sister would get her now. Whether she fought, ran and begged. He'd drag her back on gun point if it meant she became his replacement bride. Deal. Reputation. Business. Three words that changed her fate. Three words to best describe why everyone wanted this marriage-except her. And before she could hope for this marriage to turn real, he made sure she never dared to. Tropes: Replaced bride Marriage of convenience Forced marriage Age gap Artist x Businessman Forced proximity