Stars Can't Shine Without Darkness
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Love. Complicated. Merciless.
Shivaay Singh Oberoi knew its cruelty firsthand. The world saw him as untouchable - rich, powerful, flawless. But no wealth, no influence, no empire could shield him from the ache in his chest every time her name crossed his mind.
Annika.
She was everything - vibrant, fearless, chaotic, alive. And yet... she was in love with someone else. Someone who didn't know how much she needed him.
He had watched. He had waited. Protected. Helped. And all the while, his heart burned silently, unseen, unclaimed. He had no right, no claim, no voice in her happiness - and yet every glance, every laugh of hers pulled him deeper into a world he didn't belong to.
But Shivaay had learned one thing: some darkness was necessary. Pain had its purpose. And when the time came, he would hold her through the storm, and she would see the truth he had carried all along.
Because even in darkness, the stars could shine.
And some love... was eternal, whether acknowledged or not.
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