In this contract marriage, they don't end up in the same bed the very night of their wedding. Instead, HE ASKS HIS WIFE FOR DIVORCE BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T HELP HIM OUT OF THE WEDDING SHERWANI HE IS STUCK IN. ☆ He is a sunshine-hearted 21 years-old army officer. She is a 19-year-old pregnant college student. 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝑨 𝑽𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆. _____________________ "You ruined my life by marrying me!" she demanded, grabbing his collar in a fit of rage, her blood boiling as tears welled up in her eyes. Pulling her flush against his waist, he looked down at her and countered coldly, "Who said this is a marriage? This is your destruction, Mrs. Zahrani." Meeting his gaze with tear-filled eyes, she spat out fiercely, "I hate you." Instead of releasing her, he drew her even closer, leaning in until his breath brushed against her lips. "Badi gehri nafrat hai aapki," he murmured softly. "Shaadi kisi aur se karne jaa rahi thi, aur mehndi par naam mera" ("Your hatred runs incredibly deep, you were about to marry someone else, yet it was my name written in your mehndi.") With those whispered words, he gently pressed a tender kiss against her forehead. ────୨ৎ──── What happens when the ultimate salvation you pray for turns out to be your beautifully disguised undoing? She thought she was finally stepping into the light, completely blind to the shadow waiting in the dark to drag her back. Bound by a secret she never saw coming and trapped in a game where the rules are written in whispers, there is no escape from the trap already laid out for her. When the lines between protection and destruction completely vanish, will she find a way to survive his world, or will she willingly let herself burn in his darkness?

#1 in Deals & Desires Series The life of a sunshine professor Pankti Bajaj(24),takes a drastic shift when she faces the harsh reality on her wedding night that she isn't married to her fiance instead to his elder brother - Maahir Raghuvanshi (30), a grumpy businessman, owner of Elayne Group of Hotels which he inherited as a part of his family's legacy. She was betrayed by life, shattering her dreams and wishes connected with her fiance whom she met through an arranged marriage setup but now she is bound to be the wife of Maahir Raghuvanshi and has no option other than to spend the rest of her life in Raghuvanshi Mansion where each wall has a story to tell, a mystery to solve. But here comes the question - Was that game actually planned by destiny or was there someone who wanted them to tie themselves in the sacred knot of marriage? If yes, then who is it?