Bounded By Vows
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The monsoon breeze swept through Pune as Sahasra Joshi stood by the window, her thoughts tangled between her ambitions and her family's expectations. Across miles, in Hyderabad, Dhruv's world was defined by precision and order-until fate presented him with a proposal that would blur the lines between tradition and love.
Two strangers. Two cultures. One journey that would change everything.
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She was terrified of touch-flinching at even the gentlest brush, retreating from warmth as if it could burn her. To her, touch had always meant pain, a reminder of wounds too deep to heal. She built walls, convinced that no one could ever reach her without breaking her apart. But then came him. His touch wasn't forceful; it wasn't something to fear. It was patient, steady-like a quiet promise that she was safe. And before she knew it, the arms she once feared became the home she never knew she needed.
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