Introduction
Dedication
“͜͡T͜͜͡͡o͜͡ ͜͡t͜͜͡͡h͜͜͡͡e͜͡ ͜͡g͜͜͡͡i͜͜͡͡r͜͜͡͡l͜͜͡͡i͜͜͡͡e͜͜͡͡s͜͡, ͜͡w͜͜͡͡h͜͜͡͡o͜͡ ͜͡w͜͜͡͡a͜͜͡͡n͜͜͡͡t͜͡ ͜͡t͜͜͡͡o͜͡ ͜͡h͜͜͡͡a͜͜͡͡v͜͜͡͡e͜͡ ͜͡T͜͜͡͡a͜͜͡͡n͜͜͡͡g͜͜͡͡l͜͜͡͡e͜͜͡͡d͜͡ ͜͡F͜͜͡͡a͜͜͡͡t͜͜͡͡e͜͡ ͜͡w͜͜͡͡i͜͜͡͡t͜͜͡͡h͜͡ ͜͡a͜͡ ͜͡B͜͜͡͡i͜͜͡͡l͜͜͡͡l͜͜͡͡i͜͜͡͡o͜͜͡͡n͜͜͡͡a͜͜͡͡i͜͜͡͡r͜͜͡͡e͜͡”
𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢
Vedant Oberoi, 32, is one of India’s richest bachelors and the powerful CEO of the Oberoi Group. Cold, cunning, and manipulative. With stormy grey eyes and a towering frame of 6′2. He is a force the world fears yet only she can soothe. He has chased success since childhood. Yet, beneath all his victories lies something he has never been able to escape - something, or someone, waiting to be found.
His family members
Grandmother: Shikha Oberoi
Father: Ritesh Oberoi
Mother: Madhuri Oberoi
Brother: Kaushik Oberoi, 24 years old
Best friend: Rudra Sehgal and Tritya Malhotra
𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐩𝐮𝐭
Arohi, 24, works full-time at a marketing firm, determined to gain experience before pursuing her master’s. Fiercely independent and burdened by insecurities, she has little interest in marriage because dreams comes first. To her, marriage seems nothing more than a path to children, and she believes adoption can give her that happiness without tying her down.
Her family members
Father: Ankit Rajput
Mother: Kajal Rajput
Sister: Kavya Rajput, 21 years old
Best friend: Disha Sharma, 24 years old.
Tropes
* Age Gap
* Arranged marriage
* Love at first sight
* Billionaire Romance
*He fell first and harder
* Tangled Past
Prologue
AROHI
“Are you sure you want to marry me?”
Marriage is something I only dreamed of but never thought would happen someday. For me, there’s only one love, one marriage and no divorce.
We have met hardly three times and here we are trying to tie ourselves to marriage. We barely know each other. At the same time i can’t deny the pull between us. I want his genuine answer expressing his inner thoughts rather than what society expects.
Instead of answering, he sits down on the edge of bed, pulling me beside him without leaving my hand from his hold. His other hand closes around my free hand to hold them together.
“I don’t know how to make you understand, but I am sure of this. I can’t breathe or exist without you anymore. I need you in my life in ways you can’t even imagine.” His thumb strokes my back of hand. Part of me wants to believe him. But another part is scared of being hurt. Especially from someone like him offering love like I always deserved. It’s suspicious yet so heartwarming.
“And I also don’t know how to make you understand myself. But I know I can’t accept your three days of kindness. Who knows you might end up regretting choosing me?” I finish with a lump in my throat, taking my hand from his grasp.
“Never” he sounds certain, unaware hearts like me are used to hearing these words only to shatter at the end.
“That’s certain. I am telling from experience.” I move from the bed to get some air from the suffocation.
His fingers close around my wrist. Before I can even process the sudden touch, he pulls me back in a force that catches me off balance. Unable to stabilize myself, I land straight back on bed, shocking gasp escaping from my lips.
He cages me with both elbows resting on either side of my head, eyes locking onto me. My pulse quickens, lying underneath him when anyone can walk in and assume...god knows that.
As I part my lips to rationalize myself, he stuffs his words into my head.
“You changed me, Sweetheart.”
*I closed my eyes at the brush of his lips on my forehead*
“You are the reason I started believing in love.”
*Kiss on my right cheek*
“You made me believe money won’t make you mine.”
*this time left cheek*
“Recently, I realized how much a heart longs when you are in love. The more you see that person the more you crave them.”
*he pecks on tip of nose*
“Nothing is more peaceful than having you beside me.” he leans to my lips, pausing briefly. Our breaths mingling and my heart?
Idiot might explode anytime if he really...
I clutch the sheets tighter in my fist, not wanting to even whisper about it.
