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Can We Be?
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izelbajraan
Ongoing, First published Sep 04, 2025
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Shanaya, a brilliant professor of Zoology at Delhi University, and Shahmeer, a dedicated IAS officer, are bound not only by marriage but also by a deep and undeniable love for each other. Yet, despite their love, they do not live like the happy couple everyone assumes them to be. A quiet distance lingers between them-an invisible wall that neither of them knows how to break.

What is it that stands between two people who are so clearly meant for each other?
Why do love and longing still leave them separated by silence?

This is a story of love caught between duty and desire, of hearts that ache for closeness yet are held apart by circumstances beyond their control. It is a journey of emotions, unspoken words, and the fragile hope that love might still find its way back.
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