His Unexpected Wife.

"𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓶𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽."
"𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝓰𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱?"
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He married her out of duty. She loved him without expecting anything in return. Neither of them knew that one silent marriage would become the home they were both searching for.

Ekaksh Singh Rajvansh never wanted this marriage.

To him, it was merely an obligation tied to family legacy - a promise made for the sake of people he could never refuse. Love had no place in his life, and neither did emotional attachments.

Then came Avantika Singh.

Soft-spoken yet quietly stubborn, graceful yet deeply lonely, Avantika entered the cold perfection of the Rajvansh mansion and slowly filled its silence with warmth. She never demanded attention, never asked for affection, and perhaps that was exactly what unsettled him the most.

Because somewhere between late-night dinners, shared routines, and quiet acts of care, Ekaksh began noticing her too much.

The way she waited for him without admitting it.
The way she remembered things nobody else did.
The way she softened spaces that never felt like home before her.

And slowly, dangerously-

his wife became the only peace he had left.

What starts as a marriage of convenience soon turns into something far more intimate: longing hidden behind silence, possessiveness disguised as protection, and a love so consuming that neither of them realizes when pretending stops feeling possible.

Because the scariest thing about love is not falling first.

It is realizing someone has already built a home inside you long before you noticed.

• Marriage of convenience
• Grumpy × sunshine
• Rich emotionally repressed husband
• Domestic intimacy & hidden obsession
• Slow burn with mutual silent lon