✦ Dark Romance | Forced Marriage | Obsession ✦ The first time she came to my house, she was five years old. She held my sister's hand, walked past me, and didn't even notice I existed. But I noticed her. Every laugh. Every careless smile. Every stupid ribbon in her hair. I lost a cricket match that day because I couldn't stop adoring her. A year later, she called me *bhaiya.* Everyone thought it was cute. I didn't eat for two days. She forgot about it the next morning. I didn't. To her, I was always just her best friend's older brother. To me, she was the only thing in the world that ever made sense. Years later, I married her. Yes, she hates me for it. But hatred is still a kind of attention. And I've waited my entire life for her attention. Sakshi Malhotra was never meant to belong to anyone else. She just hasn't realized it yet.

Shanvi Khurana is sweet, quiet, and invisible in a world that notices only confidence. She falls in love with the one person she shouldn't-her brother's best friend, Vehaan Rathore. Vehaan is admired, intelligent, and distant. He never chased girls, never entertained love-because some wounds are too deep to trust feelings again. He grew up without a mother. A broken family. A past wrapped in silence and blame. What begins as silent admiration slowly turns into something dangerous... and inevitable. Will Vehaan ever fall for Shanvi? Will she find the courage to confess her feelings? And what is the truth behind his mother's death-was his father really responsible? A soft, emotional love story where innocence meets pain, and love arrives when it's least expected 🎀 Tropes:- ☆ Brother's Best Friend ☆ Age Gap ☆ Soft Romance ☆ Slow Burn ☆ Childhood Connection ☆ Emotional Mystery