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"𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘐𝘯𝘢𝘺𝘢. 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴."
𝗜𝗻𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮 was the invisible daughter. A brilliant business mind trapped in a kitchen, silenced by a stepmother's cruelty and a father's indifference. Her only escape was her secret online business-until the day her older sister vanished on her wedding morning.
To save her family's reputation and a multi-billion dollar deal, Inaya is forced to step under the red veil.
The groom? 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗢𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶.
He is the personification of ice-a ruthless billionaire orphan who returned from London to conquer the Indian market. He is terrifying, silent, and carries a presence that commands the room.
Inaya expects a nightmare. She expects him to hate her for her sister's betrayal. Instead, she finds herself in a gilded cage where the door is wide open. Advait doesn't yell. He doesn't blame. He simply provides-high-end laptops for her "hobbies," the finest ingredients for her cooking, and a silence that feels more like protection than a prison.
But as Inaya begins to fall for the man who treats her like a queen while calling her a "roommate," she starts to notice the cracks in his cold mask.
Why does he know her favorite tea? Why does he tap a familiar rhythm on the desk when he thinks she isn't looking? And why, on the night she almost discovers his past, does the most powerful man in the country look at her with such desperate, silent longing?
Inaya thinks she's a substitute. Advait knows she's the only one he ever came back for.