𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 ----------------- "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞, 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮?" 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 - 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞. "𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠." 𝐌𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞. "𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐲," 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫, "𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰? " "𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝." 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞- 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. ''𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞," 𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬, "𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞'𝐬. "

In a world built on empires and silence, two paths were never meant to cross-until they did. He moves through boardrooms like a shadow-precise, unreadable, and always in control. Aahan Raisinghani is no stranger to power. It's stitched into his name, sharpened by grief, and ruled by a mother whose voice alone can unmake him. Cold? Perhaps. Calculated? Always. But beneath the tailored suits and ruthless deals lies a boy shaped by the weight of loss... and the silence that followed it. She drifts through the noise like a whisper-present, but never seen. Riha Malhotra lives on borrowed time and quiet defiance, juggling work, studies, and the emptiness she calls home. She speaks little, smiles just enough, and dreams only when no one's looking. In a world that tells her to stay small, she has learned to survive with grace, not noise. Their meeting isn't fate. It was just a moment, the moment he heard her voice, a glance too long. She wasn't meant to catch his eye. He wasn't meant to care. But something shifts. Something subtle. And once it starts, it doesn't stop. 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐫. 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐀 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦. Their story is not all rainbow and butterflies. It is dark in places, soft in moments, and laced with a romance neither of them asked for. Because when opposites collide, they don't simply fall-they unravel. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭, 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬-𝐢𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐬. 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: #𝟓𝟓 in 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 out of 𝟖𝟖𝐤 stories ; 𝟏𝟏/𝟎𝟓/𝟐𝟓