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Aria spent years believing that surviving was enough.
After walking away from a marriage that slowly erased the woman she used to be, she finally chooses herself. She returns to the life she once dreamed of-building her career as a dentist, finding her independence, and learning how to live without fear.
She isn't looking for love.
She certainly isn't looking for another powerful man.
Then she meets Aarav Batra, a six-year-old boy with a warm smile and an unexpected attachment to her.
Aarav doesn't know that the woman he's drawn to is a stranger.
He only knows that he likes her.
And somehow, little by little, Aarav begins pulling Aria into a world she never expected to enter-the close-knit life of the powerful Batra family.
At the center of that family is Aditya Batra.
Thirty-three. Powerful. Wealthy. Intimidating. Impossible to ignore.
But beneath the sharp appearance is a man with a gentle heart, deep loyalty, and a fierce devotion to the people he loves.
To Aditya, Aria is simply a woman his son has become attached to.
To Aria, Aditya is simply a stranger.
There is no instant romance.
No love at first sight.
Just two people living separate lives, slowly being brought into the same orbit by one little boy.
And as Aria discovers friendship, family, belonging, and a version of herself she thought she had lost forever, she begins to realize something:
Sometimes a second chance doesn't arrive looking like love.