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Oliver Bennett came to India with a plan.
Explore. Learn. Leave.
Falling for an Indian woman with a sharp tongue, a secret magical bookstore, and a habit of arguing with gods was not part of it.
Ananya Rao doesn't believe in destiny-only discipline, responsibility, and keeping ancient magic out of trouble. Love? That's messy. Distracting. Definitely inconvenient.
But when a hopelessly polite Englishman walks into her chaotic world, nothing stays simple.
Between stolen wallets, sarcastic banter, mildly offended deities, and late-night chai conversations, something slow and dangerous begins to grow-something neither of them is ready to name.
This is not a love story that rushes.
It's a story of lingering looks, unsaid feelings, cultural chaos, quiet jealousy, and emotions that build one moment at a time.