You Were Always Mine: Duet 1 - The Sacrifice

You Were Always Mine: Duet 1 - The Sacrifice

Book 1 of the You Were Always Mine Series (YWAM)

"In this house, we don't catch feelings. We catch consequences."

NEHA ROY lives in a house that is not a home. It is a cage built of reputation, steel-cold expectations, and the suffocating shadow of her powerful uncle. Trained to be perfect, silent, and lethal, Neha has learned that survival means keeping your head down and your heart locked away. Love isn't real-it's just another weapon people use to break you.

She thought she was untouchable. She thought her walls were high enough.

Then came KAIRAV MEHTA.

Kairav is a storm of color in Neha's grayscale world. He's the boy with the guitar, the reckless laugh, and a habit of looking at Neha like she's a person, not a prize. He doesn't know about the shadows that haunt her hallways or the "training" that has turned her heart into a fortress.

He wants to show her the world. She just wants to keep him safe from hers.

As they are forced together in a high-stakes battle for the school's future, the line between duty and desire begins to blur. But the Roy family doesn't playi fair, and Neha knows that every smile she shares with Kairav is a debt she'll eventually have to pay.

How much are you willing to lose for a love that was never supposed to exist?

✨ TROPES:

- He Fell First, She Fell Harder
- Reverse Grumpy x Sunshine
- Strangers to Friends to Lovers
- Forbidden Love
- Topper x Topper

No toxic relationship
No cheating
A bit of love triangle
Happy ending in Duet 2

Note: This is Part 1 of a Duet. The story continues in Book 2: The Reconciliation.