THE LOVE SHE NEVER TRUSTED

She believed marriage was nothing but a beautiful beginning to a painful ending. After surviving a marriage that left scars no one could see, Vedika Malhotra stopped believing in love. She learned to live quietly, keep her distance, and never let anyone close enough to hurt her again. Then fate brings Ishaan Shekhawat into her life. A powerful businessman. A cold and guarded man. A fiercely protective single father. And a man who has sworn never to love again. Their marriage begins as an arrangement—two strangers with separate reasons for saying yes. Ishaan doesn't ask Vedika to love him. Vedika doesn't promise that she ever will. But then there's Advika, Ishaan's adorable little daughter, who innocently asks the one question Vedika never expected to hear— "Will you be my mummy?" What begins as a marriage without love slowly becomes something neither of them can control. Late-night conversations. Jealous glances. Protective embraces. Family secrets. Possessive hearts. Old wounds reopening. And a love that grows quietly between two people who were terrified of being hurt again. But when the past returns to destroy the fragile happiness they've built, Vedika must decide— Will she run from love again, or finally trust the man who taught her that love doesn't have to hurt? Because sometimes... the person you never planned to love becomes the home you never knew you needed. ❤️