Our Beautiful Ruin

Before they became lovers, they were each other's home.

Raina Rathore found her safe place in Rishabh-the one person with whom she never had to be the strong, untouchable woman the world expected her to be.

And Rishabh found his sukoon in Raina-the only person who could make the weight of his family, his responsibilities, and the world disappear for a while.

They trusted each other without question.

There was no room for doubt between them. No secrets they couldn't share. No fear that the other would ever walk away.

Until one night, Rishabh did exactly that.

He left.

Suddenly. Without an explanation. Without giving Raina the chance to understand why.

And whatever they had built together shattered in the silence he left behind.

Now, years later, Raina has learned to live with the anger of being abandoned by the one person she trusted most.

She hates him.

Or at least, that's what she tells herself.

Rishabh, meanwhile, still craves the one person who ever felt like peace in his chaotic world. He still notices her before anyone else in the room. Still remembers every little thing about her. Still wants to reach for her.

But he keeps his distance.

Because sometimes loving someone means staying away from them-even when every part of you wants to go back.

They both suffered.

They both changed.

And neither of them knows that the night that tore them apart was built on circumstances neither was prepared to understand.

Now fate has brought them back into each other's lives.

But how do you find your way back to someone who was once your safest place...

when they have become the person you blame for your deepest wound?

**They were each other's peace.
Then they became each other's ruin.**

The author name is Mithali