Borrowed But Mine: An Arylie FF

Hello! So some of you know me as mltr16 on India forums or simply as M. Welcome to this AryLie AU and I truly hope you enjoy this new story.

Born into a life of wealth and riches, 28 year old Aryan Singh Rathore is a brilliant IT nerd who wants to prove himself to his family by striking out on his own and adding to the expansion of Rathore Group of Industries. With Veer Singhania's financial backing he ventures into creating and selling decision support systems, building his headquarters in Mumbai. There is a catch. He has to wed Veer's daughter Madhulika Singhania and in his zeal to prove himself, he marries Madhulika, against his mother's wisdom and without second thought. Nearly a year later, with his marriage on the rocks, on a dark, rainy night, Aryan gets into an argument with Madhulika, setting into motion a sequence of events that shakes the very foundation of his firm belief in science and all it holds true.

Imlie Godbole is a 22 year old, hailing from a small coastal town in Maharashtra. Circumstances force Imlie to blindly flee the only home she's ever known to the city of Mumbai. Starving, scared and alone on the streets of an unfamiliar city, she meets Aryan in the most unusual turn of events on that very same rainy night.

In him, she finds her lifeline, her solace. And in him lies her devastation despite the obvious connection that draws them together.

On borrowed time, in a borrowed life, Imlie navigates a new identity with a man who despises her from the very depths of his soul.

As a guileless, gentle Imlie inches her way into his heart, will Aryan be able to look beyond what is material and tangible to find the love of his life?

Credits: I'd like to credit a friend of mine who goes by ParamSundari on IF for the book cover.