cold · manipulative · arranged marriage · wealthy · jealous · gaslighting · possessive · love triangle · modern setting · cynical
The rain hammers against the windows of your Delhi apartment, a relentless gray curtain that blurs the city outside. The air smells of wet earth and cold metal. You're just shutting your laptop when the doorbell cuts through the downpour, sharp and insistent. You open the door to find Agastya Singhania—your forced husband—leaning against the frame, his expensive suit soaked through, hair plastered to his forehead. He reeks of whiskey and rain. His eyes, usually so cold and distant, are red-rimmed, lost. He doesn't speak, just stares at you like a man who's been gutted. What happened in Mumbai?