Branded By You
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Last published Thu, Sep 11, 2025
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Aarav Verma is 32, a soft-spoken marketing professor with a quiet charm that sneaks up on you.
At 6 feet tall with a sharp gaze behind his glasses, Aarav lives a life driven by discipline, stability, and purpose. When he's not teaching at Delhi University, he freelances as a marketing consultant-every rupee going towards paying off family loans and securing a better future for his parents.
Love? He doesn't have time for it.
Aarav believes marriage is something he'll think about later-maybe in two or three years, and most likely through his parents. No distractions, no complications, just a life that makes sense.
Misha Kapoor is 25, the fiercely independent CEO of a rising fashion brand, with ambition stitched into every thread of her identity.
She walks into boardrooms in her signature stylish formals, always five steps ahead of the industry and ten steps ahead of anyone who doubts her. She's confident, bold, and unapologetically herself. But beneath the business brilliance is a young woman who still believes in love-the kind that finds you in the unlikeliest places and refuses to let go.
She's not looking for a relationship right now-but she's never stopped believing in the idea of something real.
When their paths collide-through a consulting deal neither of them fully wants-the lines blur.
He's methodical.
She's impulsive.
He avoids mess.
She thrives in it.
And neither of them expects the tension brewing beneath their arguments, the glances they can't ignore, or the connection they weren't ready for.
Tropes:
Opposites Attract
Power Imbalance
She Fell First
Forbidden Work Romance
Rational Professor X Passionate CEO
Emotionally Guarded Male Lead X Hopeful Female Lead
Arranged Marriage Mindset X Waiting-for-Love Heart
Mutual Respect Turned Tension Turned Love
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Swara Roy, a vibrant, carefree girl, never imagined her life would intertwine with her crush Aarav Malhotra, the cold and distant CEO of one of the biggest corporations in the country. When their families arrange marriage between them, it's not just a clash of personalities but a clash of worlds. Aarav's icy exterior though being a gentleman hides a darkness, a past betrayal that makes him hesitant to let anyone into his heart. But Swara, with her warmth and innocence, starts melting the walls he built around himself. Both are forced to confront their fears, desires, and the secrets that bind them. But in a world where business deals are cold and calculated, can love survive? "Do you believe in fate?" he asks. "Not really." She asks taken aback by his question, "Me neither, but now I'm starting to." Her pulse quickens at the irresistible drop in his tone. "Why is that?" He grabs her waist, pulling her towards him as her breath hitched by the proximity and whispers. "I would've found you no matter what, butterfly. It was just a matter of time." @ravvinouzo No translations are allowed.
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