𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙴𝙽𝙸𝚃𝚈

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞- 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲."~ EKANSH AGNIHOTRI She comes to a wedding and learns her life has already been signed away. A marriage promised by her late grandfather. Love was never discussed. Consent was never required. She is expected to submit- quietly, gracefully- so the past can be honoured and appearances can be maintained. He discovers the truth the same night. Not from pressure, but from his mother- who gives him a choice- he can walk away. But he doesn't. For him, family is everything. Once he accepts the marriage, he intends to honour it fully. Two people forced into a vow for different reasons. One trapped by betrayal. The other bound by duty. This is not a story about falling in love easily. It's about resistance, restraint and what happens when quiet devotion meets a woman who has learned not to trust anyone. "𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩....𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲- 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲."~ADVIKA SINGH