Is it meant to be.

Arin Malik had spent her entire life surrounded by chaos.

With three overprotective brothers, an older sister who acted like a second mother, and a family so close to the Khans that they practically shared holidays, birthdays, and every major life event, there was never a dull moment. Arin was sunshine in human form-loud, bubbly, endlessly talkative, and somehow always finding herself in trouble.

Then there was Faris Khan.

The eldest son of one of the country's wealthiest business families. Twenty-three. Reserved. Irritatingly handsome. Future heir to a multimillion-pound empire.

And the only person in her life who seemed completely immune to her.

Their fathers had been best friends for decades. Arin was close with Faris's two sisters and even his older brothers. Her brothers practically considered him one of their own. Everyone got along.

Everyone except Faris and Arin.

For years, she had tried to be friendly. For years, he had responded with little more than a nod, a grunt, or complete silence. He wasn't rude exactly-just distant. Cold. Unreachable.

And Arin had long since decided she didn't care.

At least that's what she told herself.

When family events, weddings, business gatherings, and unexpected circumstances begin forcing them into each other's orbit, Arin discovers there might be more beneath Faris's icy exterior than she ever imagined.

And Faris slowly realizes that the girl he spent years avoiding has somehow become impossible to ignore.

Between family expectations, buried feelings, endless arguments, and moments neither of them can explain, what starts as mutual annoyance turns into an unlikely friendship.

And perhaps something far more dangerous.

Because sometimes the person who never looks at you is the one who's been watching all along.This sets up a classic grumpy x sunshine, family friends, enemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance with lots of family chaos, banter, and slow-burn tension.