The Shrew's Groom

Avanti Narayan is a textbook shrew. That's kind of a basic requirement when she spends six days a week sautéing prawns in garlic butter, laying cream-coated beans in between sheets of vegetarian lasagna, or even stewing mushroom soup until her natural curls frizz to death. Growing up, she had a reputation for being too intimidating for her own good, and making it as the sous-chef of a restaurant catering to the snobbiest section of Delhi's elite has only cemented that tag. She rarely bothered about it until her arranged marriage dates started stinking with rejections.

Gaurav Pandita needs to grow a pair. Being scarred three months ago with the love of his life cheating on him was bad enough, but a viral video of his drunken breakdown destroyed what was left of his dignity. And his career. Soft-boy wimp isn't exactly suitable for his brand as a men's lifestyle influencer. So when opportunity presents itself to tame the biggest shrew in town and regain his chad male status, he clicks on it before more trolls can trend beta simp.

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A tale as old as time. A song that rarely rhymes. Barely even friends. Wait for her to bend.

This wedding season, the shrew meets her match.

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