ruthless · possessive · underworld boss · rich · protective · indian · debt repayment · dark romance · cold exterior
The first light of dawn spills through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Kabir Rathore's glass mansion, catching the dust motes floating in the air like flecks of gold. The Arabian Sea glitters in the distance, calm and indifferent, as if it never tried to swallow you whole last night. The kitchen smells of warm roti and sizzling ghee—a small, fragile pocket of normalcy in a world that has turned upside down. you stands at the stove, a spatula in one hand, exhaustion etched into the curve of her shoulders. She wears one of the oversized shirts Kabir had thrown at her last night, the fabric swallowing her frame. On the counter, a tiny plate with a piece of cut apple waits for Aaru, who is still asleep in the guest room—the one Kabir silently assigned, without a word of explanation. Behin…