LOVE BY APPOINTMENT
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Last published Fri, Jun 20, 2025
He's all silence and spreadsheets. She's all sparkles and sticky notes.
When Rishi Malhotra, the icy CEO of a booming fashion house, ends up with the most unconventional secretary in all of India - the chatty, quirky yet shy, chai-loving Ira Sharma - worlds collide and sparks fly. What begins as a clash of personalities soon turns into a slow unraveling of secrets, smiles, and something dangerously close to love.
But in a world ruled by deadlines, egos, and unspoken pasts - can two opposites really write the same love story?
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