Chained by Destiny

"You are the alchemy that turns leaden doubts into golden dreams. Your scars are constellations, each telling tales of resilience." "You deserve love, not as a gift, but as your birthright." Nitya, a fiercely independent woman scarred by her past, has built walls no one dares to cross. Focused solely on her career, she refuses to let emotions derail her path-until she meets Manav. What begins as a casual friendship slowly turns into something deeper for him, but Nitya isn't ready to trust love. Years later, destiny brings them face to face once again. Manav Singhania is now a billionaire doctor, and Nitya, an employee at his hospital. Amid a college friends' reunion trip, their connection rekindles, fragile yet undeniable. Just as Nitya begins to lower her defenses, Manav is called away to New York-disappearing without a word. Months pass, and heartbreak deepens when Nitya suffers an accident, her haunted past resurfacing with full force. Silence stretches between them as misunderstandings and misfortunes drive a wedge. Her brother, desperate to save her, arranges her marriage. Years later, during Navratri, fate brings them face to face once more-Manav with a girlfriend, Nitya with a fiancé. Are they destined to remain strangers bound by memories? Or will love find a way through the ruins of their past? TROPES: •College Romance •Friendships •Slow burn •Fated lovers •Second Chance Romance •Tragic pasts •Love at first sight •He fells first, she fells harder •Friends to lover [A/N] : This story contains mature content which might trigger some reader so kindly read it on your own risk.