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Avantika Rawal had lived seventeen years wrapped in perfection. Born into a legacy of power and prestige, she was adored, indulged, and untouchable. People gravitated toward her, eager to please, quick to worship. Surrounded by unwavering love and protection, Avantika grew up believing this was the natural order of her life-that the world would always bend in her favor.
Until the night everything shattered.
In a dream that felt far too real to ignore, she witnessed the ruin of her world. She saw her parents pushed beyond their limits, sacrificing themselves to shield her one final time. Her grandparents, even in their last breaths, fought desperately to hold their family together-only to watch it crumble at the hands of those they had once trusted. The same people who praised her turned merciless when she fell. Those who claimed to love her were the first to disappear.
And the man she had despised all her life?
He was the only one who stayed. The only one who gave up everything-his wealth, his power, even his life-to protect her and the people she held dear.
When Avantika opened her eyes, she was no longer the girl she had been.
One resolve burned through her: she would become untouchable, a force so formidable that no one would dare raise a hand against her family again.
Ved Singh Nair had never known where he belonged. The unwanted son of the Nair family, he grew up under cold stares and rejection. That was why he noticed her-Avantika Rawal.
She looked at the world with detachment, untouched by hierarchy. In her gaze, Ved found something he had never known: equality.
Loving her from afar became his secret.
Until the day she stood before him.
In front of everyone.
What happens when a man who has built his entire existence around loving someone from afar is suddenly given a place in her world?
He unravels.
And he destroys anything that dares threaten her.
Because for Ved, Avantika isn't just someone to love-
She is something to protect.
At any cost.