What happens when the love of your life turns out to be the brother of your best friend?
Annika Vardhan Trivedi thought she knew heartbreak - until she was forced to choose between her best friend and the boy she fell in love with in college. When Omkara, her closest friend, discovers that her mysterious boyfriend is none other than his own brother, Shivaay Singh Oberoi, the betrayal cuts deep. Lines are drawn, words are said and Annika walks away.
Years later, Annika reenters the Oberoi world - not by love, but by chance. Now a confident, determined woman, she lands a job under Tej Singh Oberoi... and unknowingly, under Shivaay, who is no longer the boy who once held her hand in secret corridors. He's cold. Sharp. Untouchable.
And engaged to someone else.
As fate throws them together, old feelings resurface, truths unravel, and family secrets clash with buried emotions. Omkara wrestles with guilt. Annika wrestles with pain. And Shivaay... refuses to feel anything at all.
Until the day of his wedding.
When Tia walks out...
And Annika's father proposes something Annika never saw coming.
A second chance born out of shattered expectations.
A marriage built not on dreams... but on unfinished stories.
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STARTED :- 28th June, 2025.
Cover Credit :- @Pinterest
"Shivaay, the biggest mistake of my life was trusting you. I kept pacifying myself, I believed in our so-called illusion of Ishqbaazi. Not anymore! You are the part of my past I will never revisit."
"Anika, you promised to wait for me. You told me you trusted me! Yet, you betrayed me. Was my love not enough? Was everything between us, just an illusion? Was the bond between us so weak, that you snapped it into half and threw it away?"
This fanfic begins from the second separation track after the ramp walk. What if Anika moved on into her new life? What if Shivaay had not tried to stop her from leaving? Will fates bring them back together? What will Shivaay miss out because of his tadi?
[This fanfic will contain few new OCs (Original Characters) and POVs from all leads]
Stay tuned to see how destiny works out for our Shivika!