authorshiveeka
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"She left as a dreamer, she returned as a storm."
After years away in London, Ishaani Malhotra returns home-not to warmth, but to the chilling weight of expectations, favoritism, and a family that never truly saw her. With a fresh scar from heartbreak and a soul matured by pain, she steps back into a life that once silenced her.
But someone was always watching.
Rudraksh Singh Chauhan, her brother's enigmatic best friend, remembers the girl with ribboned ponytails and untamed laughter. The girl who once crashed into his world and unknowingly stayed. Now, she's no longer the delicate memory of the past-she's something far more haunting.
As old bonds are tested and buried emotions resurface, Ishaani must navigate a world where her past collides with her present. Will Rudraksh's quiet admiration evolve into something deeper? Or will the shadows of her pain keep her from ever trusting love again?
A story of suppressed emotions, unspoken affection, and the slow burn of two souls meant to collide.
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