Just Your Better Half
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Just Your Better Half
✨ A tale of accidental love, hidden emotions, and the unexpected magic of marriage... ✨
She's sunshine - a little clumsy, a little chaotic, with a heart full of dreams.
He's a thunderstorm - cold, calculating, and way too used to getting his way.
Aarohi Khanna, a bubbly, sweet, fiercely loyal girl next door.
Vivaan Malhotra, a stoic, sharp, arrogant business tycoon.
They are complete opposites - and now... they're husband and wife.
Tied together by a forced marriage neither wanted, their journey begins with misunderstandings, icy stares, and closed doors. But somewhere between awkward silences, unexpected apologies, late-night dinners, and slow dances under city lights... something begins to shift.
She's trying to hold on.
He's trying not to feel.
But destiny has other plans.
💍 Will this unholy matrimony spark an unexpected love story?
Or will their differences keep them apart forever?
This book is an emotional rollercoaster filled with drama, romance, heartbreak, healing, and slow-burn chemistry that will leave you smiling one moment and teary-eyed the next.
📌 Set in modern-day India but written with universal emotions - whether you're Indian or not, you'll feel every heartbeat of this story.
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📖 Dive into Just Your Better Half - the love story that wasn't meant to be... but just might become everything.
✨ Give it a chance. You won't regret falling in love with Aarohi & Vivaan. ✨
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