Marriedbutstrangers Stories

"This isn't a love story. It's an agreement... until it's not." Vedika Joshi had a silent schoolgirl crush on Harshil Mehra-her senior, her friend's boyfriend, the boy who was never meant to be hers. Fourteen years later, she's a brilliant PhD scholar in infrastructure and development economics, determined to pursue psychology and build a safe space for emotionally struggling teens. He's a successful, emotionally distant doctor in Chicago with no time for feelings, let alone marriage. But when their families decide to tie them in an arranged marriage for business alliances, Vedika offers an alternative: an agreement-ten clauses, no emotional entanglements, no falling in love. To her surprise, Harshil adds a few rules of his own. Now, two complete strangers with a complicated past live under the same roof, bound by a ring, a city far from home, and a set of unbreakable rules... that might just break them first. Will they survive the marriage contract? Or will Clause No. 7 be the one that ruins it all? Disclaimer I do not own any of the images used; all credits go to their rightful owners. This is a work of pure imagination. All characters, incidents, places, and dialogues are fictional and created for entertainment purposes only. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or real-life events is purely coincidental.

They were never friends. They were never supposed to be anything more. Minal Ahmed and Saad Malik had nothing in common except a mutual dislike that had been brewing since school. He was arrogant and infuriating; she was indifferent and distant. They never spoke unless they had to, and when they did, it always ended in an argument. But life had other plans. Forced into a marriage neither of them wanted, they silently agreed-separate lives, no expectations, and certainly no feelings. Their identities are hidden from the world, so they continue as if nothing has changed. But living under the same sky, fate has a way of blurring lines and shifting perspectives. He falls first. She refuses to fall at all. But how long can they ignore the pull between them?