PROLOGUE (3rd Person Pov):

She was light.

He was everything that darkness clung to.

Anaya Verma walked into his world like a breath of calm-innocent eyes, untouched heart, unaware of the damage a boy like Rihan Malhotra could do.

And he tried to stay away.

He really did.

Because boys like him didn't get girls like her.

But the more he avoided her, the deeper he fell.

And the closer she came, the harder it became to let go.

Their story wasn't sweet.

It was chaotic. Messy. Full of broken boundaries, forbidden moments, and emotions that should've never existed.

But somehow, between the darkness and the light... they found each other.

And once the line was crossed, there was no going back.

❤️‍🔥Dual POV: Rihan & Anaya;

Anaya Pov:

He wasn't supposed to notice me.

And I definitely wasn't supposed to fall for him.

Rihan Malhotra was trouble wrapped in a uniform. My brother's best friend. The guy who smirked instead of smiling and ruined every rule just by existing.

But he also saw me when no one else did.

One look. One smirk. One conversation-and suddenly, I was drawn into his world.

Rihan Pov:

She was off-limits.

But she made me forget every damn reason I had to stay away.

Anaya Verma was everything I never knew I needed.

Too pure for the mess I carried. Too good for a guy like me.

But she was there-always. In the halls, in my head, in places I swore I had locked up.

And somehow, between all the fights and late-night silences... she became mine.

We didn't know it back then.

But that bench where it all started?

Would someday lead us straight to forever.

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