Never My Destiny

They say you always know when something is meant to be yours.
But what do you do when your heart insists on chasing what was never supposed to be your destiny?

For me, it was always him.
Aman Mahajan.

Sharp eyes that could burn through walls, a voice that carried danger, and a presence that made people step back even before he spoke. Everyone told me to stay away. Everyone said he would break me.

And maybe they were right.
Because for ten years, I tried. I built walls, drowned myself in work, hid behind the safe choices. I told myself I was smarter than the girl who falls for the wrong man.

But the truth?
He was always there.
In the silences. In the stares I pretended not to notice. In the way my heart betrayed me every single time his name came up.

This isn't the kind of story where love makes everything perfect.
It's messy. It's bruised. It's reckless.
But it's also mine.

What began as something I swore was never my destiny...
Somehow became the only beginning to the life I never knew I wanted.