INTRODUCTION

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She was the heiress with a broken heart. He was the CEO with an ice-cold soul. Their marriage was a deal—until it became something more.


𝐵𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑗𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑞𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝘩𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑎𝑦𝑎, (𝑊𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒, 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔)
𝐴𝑛𝑗𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑒𝑘 𝑐𝘩𝑒𝘩𝑟𝑎 𝑎𝑝𝑛𝑎𝑎𝑦𝑎. (𝐴 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔.)
𝑁𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑎𝘩𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝘩𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑟, (𝐴 𝑡𝘩𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑒,)
𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑘𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑒 𝘩𝑎𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑎𝑦𝑎. (𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝘩𝑎𝑧𝑒.)
𝐾𝑖𝑠𝑚at ne 𝑑𝘩𝑎𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑗𝑎𝑏 𝑘𝘩𝑢𝑑 𝘩𝑖 𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑒, (𝑊𝘩𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑤𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑡,)
𝐷𝑖𝑙 𝑏𝘩𝑖 𝑑𝘩𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑒-𝑑𝘩𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑖 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝘩𝑎𝑙𝑒. (𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝘩𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝑡𝑜𝑜, 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑡.)
𝑅𝑖𝑠𝘩𝑡𝑎 𝑗𝑜 𝑎𝑗𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑖 𝑡𝘩𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑘, (𝐴 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛, 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑, 𝑢𝑛𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛,)
𝐴𝑎𝑗 𝑚𝑜𝘩𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑖 𝑘𝘩𝑢𝑠𝘩𝑏𝑢 𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑒. (𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒'𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛.)






Shreya Patil learned the hard way that love was nothing but a beautifully packaged lie

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Shreya Patil learned the hard way that love was nothing but a beautifully packaged lie. Betrayed by the man she once trusted, she's spent the last four years shielding her heart, focusing on the only thing that matters-her daughter. But when her father forces her into an arranged marriage to clean up the family's scandals, she finds herself bound to a man who is everything she swore to avoid.

 But when her father forces her into an arranged marriage to clean up the family's scandals, she finds herself bound to a man who is everything she swore to avoid

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Lakshay Malhotra has built his empire on control, logic, and ruthless ambition. Marriage was never in his plans-until an irresistible opportunity landed at his feet.
Marrying Shreya gives him the one thing money can't buy: an unshakable seat among India's elite. Their arrangement is simple. No emotions. No expectations.
No love.















CONTENT WARNING
Abuse, blackmail, daddy issues














To all the single mothers out there, you are the strongest women and embodiment of strength














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