They were raised to hate each other. Now they're forced to marry. Manik Malhotra has everything - power, money, control - except the one thing he swore he'd never want: love. Nandini Murthy has everything to lose - her family's legacy, her heart - if she dares to trust the enemy who destroyed her past. When a high‑stakes business deal forces them into a one‑year contract marriage, sparks ignite behind closed doors and hatred blurs into something far more dangerous. But buried between their families' darkest secrets and an unsolved tragedy lies the truth that could tear them apart... or bind them forever. Can love survive when loyalty demands revenge? Or will their hearts break under the weight of a feud they never started? Hate was their inheritance. Marriage was their punishment. Falling in love? Their greatbest betrayal. ⬇️Tropes Featured in the Story ✅Enemies to Lovers ✅Contract Marriage / Forced Marriage ✅Family Feud & Generational Rivalry ✅Business Power Struggle ✅Slow Burn Romance ✅Grumpy x Sunshine ✅Jealousy & Possessiveness ✅Hero falls first, hides it

Not a typical story where the leads marry and decideto hide their relation and then their child nor a rivalry one, but if you wish to know more read further

𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚, 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞.

Manik Malhotra who has forgotten his memories Nandini who is his bestfriend is keeping a huge secret from him. He's unaware that he's going to a father Will Manik be able to reconcile with Nandini and be with his child Will they get their happily ever after

Manik Malhotra and Nandini Malik heart-throbs of Bollywood accidently get married on the set. Everyone's fan of their chemistry but there's one problem. They both hate each other. Their marriage is trending so is the chance of them strangling each other Will they ever fall in love or remain each other's worst reality? Tropes: Romcom Pretend marriage

"Is it really pretend?" Manik Malhotra,a 28 year old successful businessman, Kind,joyful and sweetest to his loved ones but is cold and strict for outside world. Nandani Murthy,a 23 year old,Manages her bestfriend and is studying law, a bubbly chirpy and cheerful girl with a tragic past. The two start of on a wrong foot but later gets in to a contract marriage due to circumstances. Join Manan's journey from hate to love.

❝What do you want from me?!❞ She's cornered, dripping wet from being under his shower, her heart pounding. ❝Why do you hate me so much?❞ · · ─────── ·𖥸· ─────── · · 💘 ❝𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲❞ 💘 ·𖥸 a college romance 𖥸· · · ─────── ·𖥸· ─────── · · Nandini Murthy has always been misunderstood. Overly sensitive, moody and emotionally unstable are a few words her loved ones use to describe her. Between growing up too fast to follow her older sister Mukti's footsteps, and sacrificing too much of herself for her baby sister Navya, life gives her the shorter end of the stick. She's never known love without conditions. Especially since moving to Kalpavruksha Apartments-since the time he entered her life. Manik Malhotra. He's the golden child with everything handed to him-money, grades, respect, love. Not just from his family, but somehow even from hers. Nothing shakes him, because he lives by one stern principle: love means signing up to a hidden set of terms. So he runs miles away from anything remotely inciting of emotion altogether, defying emotions with logic and rationality. But for how long? What happens when an unexpected emotion called 'love' blooms between the two, do 'terms and conditions' still apply? · · ─────── ·𖥸· ─────── · · Updates starting July 21, 2025 by @parthxniti only on Wattpad · · ─────── ·𖥸· ─────── · · #4 in KaisiYehYaariaan (11/11/25) #167 in MaNan (13/10/25)

It's not my story.. it was written by some other writer on the India forum.. If it's your then dm. Prolouge: Manik knows nandini from child hood. Wondering how? Nandini belonged to a middle class family and her father works in manik's company. They were very fond of each other. Maniks parents considered her as their own daughter and treated her like that. Nandinis father was a very loyal person in his work and personal life and due to his this quality another business man named Khurana wanted nandinis father to work for him but he refused. So khurana decides to take revenge from him. So khurana proves with fake evidences that nandinis father was working with them to destroy them. This depressed harsh. But nandinis parents decided to confront and clear the misunderstanding but before they could do something they met with an accident and died on the spot. Harsh came to know about the truth himself and felt guilty for not trusting nandinis father. Harsh and nyonika decided to take her responsibility. But nandinis chacha chachi was fixing her marriage with mentally and physically disabled guys just for money. So harsh and nyonika asked manik to marry nandini and he obliged without any argument. He didn't love her but for his parents and her safety he agreed for the marriage. But the case was different with nandini. She was just 19 and she had to stop her studies cuz of the marriage. Manik was 5 years older than her. He started his career as a director and also look after his fathers business. Nandini fell for him hard and mad. She fell in love with him more and more everyday. They had physical relation everyday but manik didn't love her. He cared for her but not love. She had a miscarriage but manik took it lightly cuz she was too young to handle it.

Nandini is the CEO and Founder of NN Industries and is a very professional and calm person. She will think 100 times before making a decision. Manik is the heir of Malhotra Industries who is a very arrogant and levelheaded person. They both love their family a lot. They both had a thing in the past. What happened in the past? Why do they hate each other now? To know more read the story.

Manik: "Life doesn't come with choices; it comes with responsibilities. You live it on your terms or get buried under someone else's." Nandini: "Love is a word people use too lightly, a hollow promise made to be broken. I've never believed in it, and I won't start now. Trust? That's just a gamble I'm not willing to make." Together, they'll discover that sometimes, life's toughest challenges come not from the boardroom but from the unexpected journey of falling in love, one reluctant step at a time. Will their differences tear them apart or draw them together in ways they could never anticipate?