Prolonged
Mahira Rawat — IFS (Indian Foreign Service)
Ekansh Ranawat — IPS (Indian Police Service)
She negotiates peace across borders.
He keeps the peace on the streets.
Once lovers, now professionals — and a threat forces them back into each other’s orbit.
Between duty and desire, between hate and heartbeat — nothing stays simple.
Mahira Rawat left college with one promise to herself: never let the same person break her twice. She built a life of diplomacy and steel as an IFS officer — measured, fearless, untouchable.
Ekansh Ranawat stayed behind with a different kind of power. As an IPS officer, he lives in the dangerous spaces Mahira's words can't reach — enforcement, protection, and secrets that never sleep.
Three years after a single event tore them apart, a college reunion pushes them face to face. Then a national security crisis pulls their worlds together — and suddenly diplomacy and policing must cooperate.
She’s the calm voice in a negotiation. He’s the danger at the door.
They both want nothing to do with the past. They both still remember everything.
Enemies by circumstance. Partners by necessity. Lovers in hiding.
When your job is to protect a country, how do you protect a heart?
Between Hate and Heartbeat — a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers dark romance about duty, consequences, and the cost of keeping love alive.
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“Duty first. Heartbeat later.”
“Diplomacy met danger — and neither knew how to leave.”
“She signs peace treaties. He signs arrest warrants. Neither can sign off their past.”
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