Bound by Duty, Chosen by Love
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Sometimes, life makes decisions that the heart is not prepared to accept. Bound by family pressure and the need to protect a collapsing business, Aarav Malhotra and Anaya Sharma enter a marriage built on obligation rather than choice.
For Anaya, the wedding marks the loss of familiarity and comfort as she steps into an unfamiliar home and a relationship filled with distance and unspoken pain.
Aarav, weighed down by responsibility, keeps his emotions guarded, unaware of the hurt his silence creates. What begins as a forced union slowly unfolds into a journey of adjustment, unexpected connections, and emotions neither of them planned for, as fate quietly reshapes their understanding of love.
Start date -2/2/2026
End date -20/6/2026
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