Prologue

What happens when the night you regret becomes the face you can’t escape?

Kaira Malhotra has everything most people only dream of—beauty, success, admiration, and a life wrapped in luxury. As a respected professor at a prestigious university and the wife of Aviraaj Khurana, a powerful and influential businessman, Kaira appears to be the embodiment of elegance and grace. To the world, she is the perfect woman living the perfect life.

But behind the designer clothes, award-winning lectures, and grand mansion lies a truth Kaira has buried so deeply, even she no longer dares to face it. Her marriage to Aviraaj is not a love story. A strategic escape from a past filled with pain, loneliness, and the sharp silence of a father who emotionally abandoned her after the death of her mother. Her life is a performance. Every smile, every public appearance, every affectionate gesture is meticulously rehearsed.

Kaira is admired by many—but truly known by no one. She exists, but she is not alive.

Until one night shatters everything.

A rare moment of recklessness. A few too many drinks. And a devastatingly magnetic stranger who offers her something she hasn't felt in years—freedom. Heat. Hunger. Life.

Vihaan Sharma is temptation in its most dangerous form. With a voice like velvet and eyes that hold secrets, he draws Kaira into a whirlwind night of passion—raw, wild, and utterly consuming. It’s a mistake, one she swears will never happen again. She erases the night from her memory… until fate throws him back into her life.

Not as a fleeting stranger.

Not as a memory.

But as her new student.

The tension is electric. The connection, undeniable.

Vihaan is younger, bold, and infuriatingly persistent. But underneath his charm is something darker—a relentless obsession. He doesn’t just want Kaira. He wants to own her heart, her body, her secrets. And he’s willing to destroy everything in his path to get her.

As Kaira tries to maintain control, the lines between right and wrong, guilt and desire, begin to blur. Each stolen glance, each forbidden touch chips away at her resolve. Aviraaj, loyal and loving, remains unaware of the storm brewing within his wife's soul. But how long can she keep the truth hidden? How long before desire burns everything she holds dear to ash?

Kaira is trapped in a dangerous game of seduction, deception, and emotional warfare—where every choice comes with a price.

And the deeper she falls into Vihaan’s twisted world, the more she wonders:

Is this obsession… or something far more destructive?

Peek Inside

"You don’t want it to end," Vihaan’s voice was a velvet whisper in the dim light of her office, each word dripping with unspoken promises. He stepped closer, his presence overpowering, electric.

His fingers brushed lightly against her wrist, and the simple touch sent a tremor of heat coursing through her veins.

"I do," Kaira whispered, her voice barely audible—fragile, trembling with conflict. But even as the words left her mouth, they felt hollow. A lie she told herself because the truth was far too dangerous.

Vihaan tilted his head, eyes locked onto hers with an intensity that was almost predatory. "Then why are you still here?" he murmured, his breath ghosting across her skin, sending shivers down her spine.

The space between them vanished. His hand found the small of her back, his fingers pressing gently but firmly, anchoring her to him. Her body betrayed her mind—leaning in, craving more.

She knew this was wrong. That this man, this moment, could ruin everything.

But when his lips hovered over hers, teasingly close, Kaira could no longer tell if she was resisting…

Or surrendering.

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