Love - a feeling he had buried long ago, and she had never known. But destiny had its own plans - binding them together as each other's only desire. Advik Singh Malhotra - CEO of ASM Industries. A man shattered by loss, still mourning the death of his first love who battled cancer till her last breath. Grief turned him cold, ruthless - a shadow of the man he once was. When a scandal threatens to tarnish his reputation, Advik makes a decision he never thought he would - marry a woman he barely knows. But can a man who has forgotten how to love bring happiness to a heart that has only known pain? Or will he break her even more? Aakriti Pandey - A girl who fought fate with bare hands. Born into a patriarchal family where daughters were seen as burdens, sold into a forced child marriage at the age of three, her life was a prison built on fear and cruelty. Tortured, abused, and betrayed - when faced with being sold again, she chose the only way out: escape. Running away from her past, she crashes into a future she never imagined - a future that begins with marrying a stranger... a man with scars of his own. When two broken souls are forced into a bond neither asked for, will they heal each other... or destroy what little hope remains? Desire (Book 1) Aakriti Pandey × Aadvik Malhotra A story of shattered hearts, unspoken pain, and a love neither believed they deserved.

Two souls. Both opposites to each other. One thing at play. Destiny.

Its been a month that I chanced upon the magical world of Manik and Nandini. It's such a pity that the personal equations between the cast turned so sour that an epic story of love and friendship had to untimely die out. However, I feel they (Manik and Nandini) are not done yet...not at least the way the creatives deemed fit. Their magic inspires me to write, to weave my own story around them. So here I begin, not exactly knowing where I am heading...but I believe as destiny brought them together, it will guide me to take them where they truly belong.