Aarav Rathore

(The Man Who Never Felt)

Age: 29

Aarav Rathore is not a man people understand.
He is a man people fear.

Cold. Calculated. Untouchable.

As the eldest of the Rathore empire, he rules both business and family with an iron grip. Emotions, to him, are nothing but a weakness — something he buried long ago.

His world is built on control.
His decisions are final.
And his heart... is closed.

Marriage was never meant to be a part of his life.
But when it becomes a deal, he doesn't hesitate.

To him, she is just an obligation.
A responsibility he never asked for.

What he doesn't know is—
the girl he ignores today
will become the one he cannot live without tomorrow.

Anaya Malhotra

(The Girl Who Was Never Wanted)

Age: 21

Anaya Malhotra was never loved.

Blamed for her mother's death and raised in silence, she grew up in a house where she was nothing more than a burden.

Quiet. Gentle. Invisible.

She doesn't fight.
She doesn't argue.
She simply endures.

But behind her silence lies a strength no one notices.

A strength built from years of pain.

She doesn't expect love.
She doesn't hope for kindness.

And maybe that's why—
when life binds her to a man who sees her as nothing...

she doesn't break.

She survives.

What the world doesn't know is—
even the quietest hearts
carry the loudest storms.

Aarav X Anaya