"I'm not marrying you," I said, chin tilted, spine iron-straight.
Rihaan leaned in, a whisper away from my ear.
"Too bad," he murmured, his breath warm against my skin. "I already said yes."
My pulse stuttered. His eyes dropped, slow and unhurried, to the neckline of my saree.
"Unless you want to give them a third photo to talk about."
My hand curled into a fist - whether to slap him or kiss him, I couldn't sure.
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She was supposed to be a guest. Not the headline.
When Siya Singhania arrives at her cousin's palace wedding in Udaipur, the last thing she expects is to go viral - in a scandalous photo with Rihaan Malhotra, heir to one of India's most elite hotel empires.
One moment of misinterpreted contact, two damning photographs, and her arranged marriage prospects vanish overnight. Now, Siya finds herself summoned by both families... and face-to-face with the man the world thinks she's secretly dating.
He's cold. Arrogant. Devastatingly sharp.
And suddenly, the only option her parents - and his - consider honourable... is marriage.
But Siya isn't the kind of woman who'll be pushed into a fairytale written by someone else. Especially not when Rihaan Malhotra seems to be the devil's spawn.
A story of pride, power, and a chemistry that refuses to behave - even when everything else is at stake.