amitanya78
**Blurb:**
Amaira Sharma always believed in logic-until her heart started skipping beats for Aditya Chauhan, the hot nerd who annoyed the hell out of her in school. He teased her, called her "aunty" just to rile her up, and shamelessly flirted with every girl *except* her. She pretended to hate him... until her fake hatred turned into something far more terrifying-love.
At their school farewell, when he mocked her for never having a boyfriend, she laughed and said,
*"If I don't marry my crush, I'll just marry you."*
What he didn't know was... *he was the crush.*
Ten years later, they met again. He was a 6'4 neuro-surgeon, still absurdly attractive, now with a sharper jawline and a tragic ache in his heart. She still made him laugh, still made him burn. When fate pushed them into a marriage of convenience, it felt like destiny had finally given them their shot.
But love isn't always enough.
He gave her his heart, his home, and a son-Ruhan, the center of their universe. But one mocking comment at a party unravelled every thread of his security, turning love into fights, and their perfect life into pieces.
Now, years later, at her sister's wedding-where the bride is marrying his cousin-he stands across the mandap from her once more. She's holding Ruhan's hand. He's holding everything back.
And somewhere in the tension, the silence, and the glances... the story of "almost" might still have one last page left to turn.
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