She married him knowing she was dying. He married her knowing he didn't want to . Siya Malhotra has an inoperable brain tumor and months left to live - a truth she hides from everyone, including the husband she agrees to marry in a match neither of them asked for. Ekaksh never wanted this marriage. Forced into it by family duty, he walks in cold, distant, resigned to a life he didn't choose. But Siya doesn't ask for his love. She only asks for peace - addressing him with a quiet, respectful "aap," building walls even as she quietly, unknowingly begins to fall for the man who never wanted her. As secrets unravel and Ekaksh discovers the truth he was never meant to find, the man who once refused this marriage becomes the one desperately trying to hold on to it. But some vows are unspoken until it's almost too late to say them at all. A story of duty turning into devotion, silence turning into love, and two people discovering that some promises are made not with words - but with the choice to stay . 💔 A slow-burn arranged marriage romance about love that arrives too late, and the second chances that make up for lost time.

Book 1 of the "Us" Series Adhrit never believed in love. Not after everything he had seen, everything he had lost. His life was built on rules, control, and emotional distance. The only exception was his two-year-old adopted daughter - the one person he would protect without question, without condition. Then Ria happened. She wasn't part of the plan. Not in his life. Not in his home. And definitely not in his heart. But Ria had a dangerous habit of staying where she wasn't wanted. Of seeing through silences Adhrit spent years perfecting. And with every argument, every lingering glance, every moment that felt too personal to mean nothing... the line between hatred and desire slowly began to blur. Adhrit knew getting attached to her would destroy the control he spent years building. The problem was- for the first time in his life, walking away didn't seem possible anymore. A CEO who never planned to fall. A woman who was never supposed to stay. And a little girl who chose them both before they ever chose themselves.

Some people enter your life quietly. And then there are the ones who turn ordinary school days into memories you carry for years. Harshita Mishra was confident, sharp-tongued, and perfectly capable of handling herself. Dev Mittal was chaos wrapped in a smile-mischievous, fearless, and far too good at getting under her skin. They weren't supposed to become *anything*. But between school corridors, stolen glances, endless teasing, friendships, family chaos, and moments neither of them knew how to name, something began to grow. Something slow. Something unexpected. Something that felt a little too much like home. Because sometimes, the person you never planned for becomes the person you can never forget. **His Devi Ji. Her Sakha.** And this is the story of how they found each other... and what happened when life decided to pull them apart.