It Had To Be You
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Last published Sun, Feb 8, 2026
A tale of a very good looking, confident girl and an average looking guy who faces inferiority complex. Quite unlikely right?
28 year old Aashika is a headstrong aspiring fashion designer who believes in the ideology of feminism. 31 year old Nishant is a head of marketing department who's heart is as fragile as a flower bud. Their fates get entwined with each other through an alliance with their both's willingness. 'The perfect arrangement' according to everyone's opinion it was. But what happens when the past make it's appearance in the present and things start going south? Would Nishant's insecurities surface? Or would Aashika's determination win the quest? Lots of questions and doubts arise when you know it's an Indian Arranged Marriage.
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'If I would've kept searching for a beautiful physice to lure me then I would've been needed to negotiate with my emotional needs. 2 in 1 they say? Bullshit! I still kept searching for that special creation though. In my fiance. In my blind dates. In all the proposals I received. But none of them could satisfy my 'egoistic needs' as the world likes to put it that way. But then I met you and when I realised you are the one who fitted my missing puzzle, I blurred out all the rest of the lines and did what my heart said. BE WITH YOU!'
Join the journey of Nishant and Aashika to see how these 2 personalities with different worlds collide with a reverse twist.
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