What We Once Were
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Five years ago, she left him without a warning. Broke his heart into pieces. But now? Now, she's back - in his workplace, in his space, in his head.
Aarav Malhotra was ready to give Nithiya Varundavan everything - his heart, his future, his forever. But on a cold December night, she ended it all and walked away like it meant nothing.
He never forgot her.
She never explained why.
And neither of them ever really moved on.
Now reunited at the same firm in London, the air between them crackles with unresolved tension. Heated glances. Friction-filled meetings. Every moment teetering between fury and something far more dangerous.
Love like theirs doesn't disappear.
It simmers. And when it reignites...
it burns.
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