Hayat-7 minutes

Book-1 of Dil-e-muntazir
(Can be read as a standalone)

"My life be sacrificed for you, my Zaeem."
"I didn't hold your hand just to let it go."

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Zeya Mihra, a 21-year-old Arts student living with congenital heart disease, has begun to lose her will to live. Counting what she believes are her final days, she stumbles upon a book that speaks of the seven-minute theory-the idea that the human brain replays its most precious memories in the last moments of life.

Determined not to leave with emptiness, Zeya begins to create moments-small, meaningful memories filled with the people she learns to cherish.

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Arwan Zane, 25, an MBA student and the son of the Mayor of Arden, lives a life dictated by rules, expectations, and silent pressure. Trapped within the walls of a life he never chose, he longs to break free and discover what living truly means, far from the watchful eyes that follow his every move.

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Two souls. Two lives. Two different worlds.
Yet both are searching for the same answer-
What is life? And what gives it meaning?

As their paths intertwine, they find themselves facing choices, fears, and the quiet weight of fate. Together, they begin to challenge everything they once believed in, holding onto each other as they strive for a tomorrow that may never come.

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A story of love that dares to defy time.
A story where a fragile heart learns to beat longer than it was meant to,
and a guarded heart learns how to truly feel.

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But can love really change what is written?
Or are some endings inevitable, no matter how hard we fight?

In a world where fate has already decided... will they rewrite their story, or become another love lost to time?