Marriage Insurance Scheme

Two people who once couldn't stand each other are forced into something far more dangerous than hatred-marriage.

Malarvizhi is not someone who believes in love anymore. Life has already taught her what trust costs. After carrying her family through debt, heartbreak, and responsibility, she has built her world brick by brick-on control, independence, and distance. She doesn't need anyone. She definitely doesn't need him.

Shiva, on the other hand, walked away years ago, leaving behind a past he never fully explained, a family that never fully understood him, and a girl who never forgave him. Now he's back, with secrets heavier than his silence and a truth he has kept buried for years.

And then comes the deal.

A marriage-not out of love, but necessity.

Two enemies. One house. One forced life together.

What starts as a cold arrangement quickly turns into a battlefield of egos, unresolved past, steamy make outs and unfinished emotions. Every conversation is a fight. Every silence is louder than words. And yet, beneath the anger, something refuses to stay buried.

Because the past they share isn't just about childhood fights.

It's about betrayal.

And a truth-one that neither of them has fully faced.

As layers begin to peel away, questions rise.

Why did Shiva really leave?
What exactly happened the last time they met?
And what is the one truth that could either destroy them... or finally bring them together?

In a marriage built on conditions, can love survive?

Or will the truth tear them apart before they even understand what they mean to each other?

To know, read the book, Marriage Insurance Scheme.

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