THE MIDDLE RULE

They grew up side by side-
same school halls, same city, same circle.
But some distances are invisible until they hurt.
Tasha Ansari has spent her life being the forgotten one.
The middle child.
The girl praised for her success but never truly seen.
An award-winning architect by day, a quiet fighter by night-she's learned that love is conditional and belonging must be earned.
Wail Azeem knows what it means to be unwanted.
Orphaned before he could remember warmth, raised by a family that wasn't his-but loved him anyway.
Now an IT engineer with a sharp tongue and a guarded heart, he's mastered the art of pretending he doesn't care.
They're rivals.
They're opposites.
They swear they can't stand each other.
Until one breaking moment changes everything.
When family pressure, old wounds, and unspoken truths collide, Wail makes a promise he never intended to say out loud-and Tasha is forced to question everything she believes about love, worth, and being chosen.
Because maybe...
souls don't meet by accident.
And maybe the girl nobody chose was never meant to be forgotten at all.