Kritika Rai has learned one thing- stay quiet and don't make things worse. At home, that's how she gets through the day. At school, it's how she keeps people out. Avinash Arora doesn't trust anyone. Not after everything he's been through. Not after learning the hard way that relying on people only gets you hurt. When they meet, they don't exactly get along. They argue, avoid each other, and pretend they don't care. But somehow... they keep ending up in the same place. And slowly, without either of them meaning to, things start to change. Zoya Tiwari is just trying to live a normal life, working at a hotel and keeping things simple- until Advik Yadav walks in. He's not the kind of person she should get involved with. And she knows it. But some people don't stay strangers. Two different stories. Four people who have nothing in common- except the fact that none of them really know what "home" feels like. Maybe they were never supposed to meet. Or maybe... they were exactly what each other needed. ══════⊹⊱❖⊰⊹══════ Warning 🔞 Please read the trigger warnings before you start. This book is intended for readers above the age of 18

Sana Arora has spent her whole life surviving in silence. Working the front desk of a five-star hotel is supposed to be simple- smile politely, do her job, and keep her head down. She's built her life on staying unnoticed, staying careful, and never depending on anyone. Until one wrong night changes everything. One open door. One glance she can't take back. One man she was never meant to see. Rivaan Rawat doesn't tolerate loose ends. Cold, controlled, and dangerously patient, he rules his world from the shadows- and when Sana accidentally witnesses something she shouldn't, he makes a decision that is as ruthless as it is calculated. He takes her. But Sana isn't what he expected. She doesn't beg. She doesn't break. And she definitely doesn't surrender quietly to the cage he has built around her. What begins as a move to eliminate a risk quickly spirals into something far more dangerous, a battle of wills neither of them is prepared to lose. Because in Rivaan's world, once you are his... Walking away isn't an option. ══════⊹⊱❖⊰⊹══════ Warning 🔞 Please read the trigger warnings before you start. This book is intended for readers above the age of 18