The Wife She Chose for Him
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Last published Fri, Jul 11, 2025
Shimona Suyal, a free-spirited 24-year-old born into a traditional Hindu Indian family, has always lived by one rule-to fly, not follow. She's fierce, untamed, and unapologetically herself.
James Mathew, 31, a successful yet emotionally guarded Christian Indian businessman, was once touched by love-thanks to Kamya, the only person who ever broke through his walls.
But fate had other plans. After Kamya's untimely death, her dying wish binds James to marry her younger sister-Shimona.
Neither in love, nor ready for this bond, their lives collide under a promise neither of them made, yet both must keep.
Will duty turn into love, or will the past continue to haunt their future?
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