maybe_herrrr
For fifteen years, it has been Siya Sen and her mother, Anvika, against the world. After escaping the violent shadows of an abusive father at the age of five, Siya built an impenetrable fortress around her heart. To the students at her college, she is the ultimate "baddie"-the undisputed academic topper who is blindingly beautiful but lethal in her detachment. Cold enough to slice anyone with a glare, she wears her fierce, rude exterior like armor. No one gets into her space. No one gets close enough to leave.
But behind closed doors, the armor crumbles. Siya carries the torturous mental agony of a little girl who once loved her father, forced to transform that love into protective hatred. Her mother is her entire universe, and Siya has spent her youth being Anvika's emotional bodyguard through shared laughter, drama, and endless banter.
Then comes the ultimate disruption: Rudransh Malhotra. He is a fifty-year-old billionaire tycoon-intimidating, immensely powerful, and deeply in love with Anvika, his personal assistant. When Anvika tearfully confesses her desire to marry him, Siya chooses her mother's happiness over her own paralyzing fear of abandonment, swallowing the terrifying dread of losing her spot as her mom's priority.
But stepping into the glamorous, high-stakes Malhotra empire brings a twist Siya never anticipated.
Waiting for her in that massive mansion are her new stepbrothers. Beneath her icy facade, Siya has secretly spent her entire life aching for brothers-a brotherhood to protect and be protected by. Now, thrust into a chaotic new world, the cold campus queen must navigate high-society drama, fierce family loyalties, and the terrifying vulnerability of lowering her guard. Will this elite brotherhood manage to chip away at her frost, or will the ghosts of Siya's past destroy her chance at a real family?
let's began .....