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Ishitha Joshi has survived eighteen years of silence.
In a home where love was a weapon and obedience was survival, she learned one thing above everything else - never expect anyone to save you.
Then her parents arrange her marriage to Dhruvansh Rajvardhan.
He is everything she didn't ask for. Confident. Guarded. Frustratingly unreadable. The heir to one of Mumbai's most powerful families - and the last person she wants to owe anything to.
But the Rajvardhan family is nothing like what she expected.
And slowly, without meaning to, without wanting to - their home begins to feel like the one thing Ishitha never dared to want.
Safety.
The only problem? Dhruv didn't want this marriage either. And feelings were never part of the agreement.
❝ "You don't have to pretend here," he said quietly.
She looked up. "Pretend what?"
"That you're okay." ❞
A story about surviving, belonging, and falling in love in the last place you ever expected to. 🌙
✦ arranged marriage ✦ slow burn ✦ Indian culture ✦ Mumbai
✦ starts dark, gets sweeter ✦ updates every Monday & Friday 🤍