THE BOY WHO WAS NOT MINE

THE BOY WHO WAS NEVER MINE
A Fake Relationship. A Lifetime They Never Planned.
Aarhana "Hana" Kapoor is reckless, spoiled, dramatic-and determined to stay away from serious relationships
Then one disastrous night puts her in the middle of a campus scandal with Shaunak Malhotra-her brother's best friend, the university's arrogant basketball captain, and the last person she would ever choose to date.

So they make a deal.

A fake relationship.

Eight rules.

No feelings.
No jealousy.
No controlling each other.
And no ending it before March 2026.

It should have been easy.
Until fake dates become real memories.
Fake kisses stop feeling fake.
And the two people pretending to be in love start falling for each other.
But Hana doesn't know that Shaunak's feelings began years before their contract-with a nineteen-year-old Hana, a hidden letter, and an infinity pendant carrying a secret he never intended to reveal.
When the contract finally ends, they have only one choice left:
Admit that the lie became real.
They do.
They choose each other.
And for one perfect night, they believe they've finally got their happy ending. Then graduation arrives.

Hana receives an acceptance email for a final-semester exchange programme at NIFT, Mumbai. Shaunak receives a job offer in Boston.

Two cities.

Two dreams.

One love.

And one secret Hana isn't ready to tell him.

Because sometimes love doesn't end because two people stop loving each other.

Sometimes life simply asks:
Who are you willing to become when love and your future point in different directions?

We were supposed to fake being in love. Nobody told us we'd have to grow up together."
THE BOY WHO WAS NEVER MINE

They were supposed to fake it.
Instead, they fell.

And just when they finally became real-
life pulled them in opposite directions.