Against the Rules : Forbidden Love

Against the Rules

He was a man who lived by logic. She was a girl who believed in fate. Their love? It was never supposed to exist.

At 24, Aarav Mehta had one goal-to become a professor. Struggling to support his middle-class family, he masked his pain with laughter, teaching English on YouTube to make ends meet. His students saw a charming, bubbly mentor, but beneath the surface, he was drowning in exhaustion and loneliness. When he finally achieved his dream, he left behind the online world-never knowing that someone had been watching him, falling for him, and waiting for his return.

At 17, Zoya Khan stumbled upon his videos while preparing for her board exams. What started as admiration quickly turned into something deeper. She followed him through high school, through every lesson, every smile-until one day, he vanished. Years later, at 24, she enrolls in a prestigious literature college, only to find him standing in front of her, not as a distant memory, but as her professor.

She thought time had buried her feelings. But now, as their paths intertwine, she realizes she was never over him.

Aarav is cold, distant, nothing like the man she once knew. Yet, she is determined to break through his walls-to remind him of the warmth he's forgotten. But love was never meant to be easy for them. She is Muslim. He is Hindu. And their love? It is against the rules.

With society, family, and faith standing between them, will they fight for love, or will they be forced to walk away from the one thing they were never supposed to have?

A forbidden love story filled with longing, sacrifice, and a love that refuses to be erased.

~Aashnapriya