The Crush I Married

Vaani Sharma has two rules: Never fall in love. Never be a burden.

Easy, until her chacha sells her for fifty lakh to clear his debt.

Her neighbor. Her secret crush from when she is 16.
For two years, Vaani Sharma watched Ritwik Bhardwaj from her terrace.

He was the boy across the street . Krish's older cousin. The man who turned one borrowed speaker into Delhi's biggest event company.

He was also the man who never noticed her.

Until the night her world burns down.

Sold by her own uncle to pay a fifty lakh debt, Vaani is about to become a loan shark's bride. Then Ritwik crashes the wedding, steals the groom's place, and ties his mangalsutra around her neck to save her.

Now they're married.
And living across the gali from each other isn't enough distance anymore.

But he's already started coming home early to make sure she ate.

*Tropes:* Slow Burn · Forced Proximity · Hurt/Comfort · Neighbors to Lovers · Self-Made Hero : Grumpy X sunshine . She fell first . He fell harder.

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