Archenemy

Aarav Singh Rathore, 35. CEO of the Rathore Group, widower, single father to a twenty-month-old daughter named Mishti. Ruthless in business, glacial in conversation, allergic to vulnerability. He does not raise his voice; he simply makes people disappear from his life. He has not touched another woman since Ishita died, has not let himself want anything for himself in two years - until a Mehra walks into his haveli holding architectural blueprints and his daughter's hand. Aanya Mehra, 23. A heritage conservation architect, sharp-tongued, proud, fiercely protective of her family's broken name. She has grown up watching her mother work three jobs and her father's photograph gather dust because no one will say his name out loud anymore. She takes the Suryagarh restoration contract - the biggest of her young career - without knowing whose family owns it, and by the time she finds out, it's too late to walk away: her firm needs the money, her brother's college fees are due, and a twenty-month-old girl has already decided Aanya is hers.