Beyond Bargain
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Last published Tue, Jun 9, 2026
❝Being my contract wife doesn't mean you can't share your worries.❞
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When Alisha Sekhon was denied the CEO position she had devoted thirty years of her life to, she was left with no choice but to marry her family's greatest business rival's son, Aarish Sehrawat.
Believing he was just as grumpy and emotionally detached as his reputation suggested, Alisha was sure their one-year contract marriage would stay strictly professional. All she had to do was make it through the year and reclaim the position she rightfully deserved.
But was he really the man she thought he was?
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[English translation available after every Hindi dialogue]
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The priest asked softly, "Pyaar karte ho apni patni se?" He smiled, his eyes instinctively finding hers. There was calm in his expression, yet something deeply intense beneath it. Then he whisper, "Pyaar toh bas ek shabd hai..." His voice carried devotion, not hesitation. "Main uski ibadat karta hoon." He paused, as if the truth itself needed space to breathe. "I don't need to worship God in temples. I have my own goddess - my wife." For him, faith was not stone or scripture. "My devotion begins with her..." "...and ends with her." 𝗩𝗶𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗵×𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗻𝘃𝗶 ◦•●◉✿Tropes ✿◉●•◦ CEO × Employee Grumpy× Sunshine Forced marriage slow burn hate to love desi × videshi Untouched male and female He fell first but both fell harder
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