Forecedproximity Stories

They're rivals. Simple as that. But when a text becomes late night calls that turns into hotels booked under fake names, the lines begin to blur. The fire can only burn for so long until reality sets in and unwanted feelings surface.

IAS Officer Aira Verma lives by rules. Commissioner Arjun Rathore lives by discipline. Both are married to duty, allergic to attachments, and absolutely uninterested in anyone telling them what to do. Until a routine orphanage visit changes everything. A two-year-old girl with trauma in her eyes clings to Aira and whispers "mamma." And then reaches for Arjun and calls him "papa." The doctors say separating them could break her. The warden says fate has made its choice. Aira and Arjun? They insist they want nothing to do with each other. But the child they were forced to care for slowly forces them to confront their own walls, their loneliness, and the bond forming between them. They didn't choose this child. They didn't choose each other. Yet destiny-messy, stubborn, and beautifully tangled-chooses them anyway.