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Kriti jha , a simple girl from an indian household that is in the final year of college (basically 12th)she is 19. she lovess dancing it's her talent she does contemporary and belly dancing 😉. Kriti loves her parents.she is an introvert .she doesn't talk much she is shy and dancing is the only constant for her to express herself
Aaditya ahuja , a cold son of a billionaire . He is the heir of the company. he has 2 elder brother and a younger brother and a younger sister . he works very hard and does nothing else than work and his hobby's .he is cold around everyone except his family and has had a girlfriend before but because of his unsettling past his girlfriend left him . he is an indian by blood but american by body . his whole family have settled themselves in america. he has houses all around the world . you just name it he has everything you can dream of . His family is also involved in mafia bussiness but.....they act like a very normal and loving family who are very kind whereas people don't know how worse they can be....
Kriti and aditya meet unexpectedly... she falls in love first but he falls in love harder .where as he'll do anything meaning anything for her.what happens when she discovers aditya's his proffesion that he hides?will she hate him?will they ever end up together ?
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