Never Planned Us

Adhrit never believed in love.
Not after everything he had seen, everything he had lost.
His life was built on rules, control, and emotional distance. The only exception was his two-year-old adopted daughter-the one person he would protect without question, without condition.
Then Ria happened.
She wasn't part of the plan.
Not in his life.
Not in his home.
And definitely not in his heart.
But Ria had a dangerous habit of staying where she wasn't wanted. Of seeing through silences Adhrit spent years perfecting. And with every argument, every lingering glance, every moment that felt too personal to mean nothing... the line between hatred and desire slowly began to blur.
Adhrit knew getting attached to her would destroy the control he spent years building.
The problem was-
for the first time in his life, walking away didn't seem possible anymore.