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The Hidden Bride

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𝓘 𝓯𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓷𝓮𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝔂 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓵. 𝓠𝓾𝓲𝓮𝓽𝓵𝔂. 𝓓𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓵𝔂. 𝓑𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓵𝔂.
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What if the groom-to-be is already married but is clueless about it? Chaos ensues as the truth comes crashing down on the celebration of meaningless beginnings. Destiny plays its masterstroke as he discovers that his wedding planner is really his wife, who would move heaven and earth in order to escape their accidental espousal. Including planning his marriage to her high-school nemesis and hiding their holy bond. Reeva Singhania might be a blessing for every couple out there, turning their big day into an unforgettable celebration, but she hates the very idea of marriage itself. She wasn't ready to be tied to Aditya Roy, she never would be.

Aditya Roy, the man whose charms she isn't immune to even after being indifferent to romantic attachments to the other gender. The man who has the devil on his toes in a flick of his fingers and chases his possessions with passion. He has his eyes set on her while she is the stubborn siren who would accept anything except for being his wife. 

One has skyrocketing standards in terms of marriage, while the other abhors it. Would an alliance based on deception work? Would she ever come out of the clutches of her past to imagine a future with him? Or would this unplanned alliance crumble even before it began?

Continue reading to know if love blooms or ugly truths shatter them apart...
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A sequel to The Alternative Bride...Can be read as a Standalone romance
Thank you so much @noturfavb_ for the beautiful cover.All Rights Reserved

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Inayat by Rabia_2084

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Our Version Of Love ✔ by Msbhatia7755

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𝐊𝐇𝐀𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐘𝐀𝐀𝐍:- 𝐀𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

(#1 Unwanted Series) ||Arranged Marriage Romance|| "Open it." She said in her commanding tone, as my hand made towards her 𝒌𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 to open it, taking it off I kept it on the couch but soon I felt a leg on my chest that pressed my back on the couch, She again made an eye contact and signaled me to open her anklets. ..... Ayushman Singhania! The name itself can give chills to the once who know what he is capable of doing, a billionaire bachelor with a bitter past from which he doesn't want to move on but what happens when he again starts loving someone giving love another chance but the girl is none other than his own Arranged wife. Samriddhi Malhotra, A dominating Woman, self made millionaire who has a cold personality is living with a traumatic dark past no one knows about, she had built a strong facade over herself which her very own Husband is trying to break, will he be successful? Will she give him a chance? ..... "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞? 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢. 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨" "𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐲𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄!" ..... 𝐃𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍:- "𝐓𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬"