The Caged Star
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Last published Mon, Mar 24, 2025
When struggling employee Sia jain finally agrees on mysterious contract as her financial stability was at threat unknowingly that she will end up in clutches of her merciless, cruel, billionaire boss aka Aarav Malhotra. machiavellian, deceptive and heartless Aarav has its own reasons to tie connection with Sia.
Their agreement was mutual-on paper's none was allowed to have any emotional string connected to other and none was allowed to poke their noses in family matters.
Rule was simple and it is to act like a respectful and devoted fiance for a year then part ways as strangers again.......but what if the line between contract and fellings seems to blur inside the room.
As contract was coming to end forbidden desires were taking deeper dives. Sia was tangled not into just contract but in twisted game of lies and betrayal. She knew something which she wasn't supposed to know.
Aarav's past was knocking the doorstep of sia wanting to be found by her, wanting to be seen by her, wanting to be understood by her. In the game of power, passion and betrayal what she will choose- fighting for her freedom to live a normal yet peaceful life again or the man who claims to be contractually hers?
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