An unspoken love. A broken wedding. And a marriage that was never supposed to happen.

When Anika Kapoor is left at the altar, her world crashes in one humiliating moment. But before the whispers begin, a voice from her past cuts through the chaos.

“I'll marry her.”

Aarav Malhotra was her best friend once—the boy who made her laugh, who sat quietly beside her during her darkest nights. The boy she secretly loved but never dared to confess it to.

Now he's her husband. And he's no longer that boy.

This man is colder. Sharper. Guarded.

Aarav didn't plan to marry her out of love. He did it for reasons even he doesn't fully understand—maybe guilt, maybe anger, or maybe the feelings he's buried for over a decade.

She doesn't know why he came back. He doesn't know why he cares so much. But maybe... they were never meant to end. They just never got the chance to begin.

This book contains:
Childhood friends to lovers
Contract marriage
Forced proximity
Protective MMC