Twisted Secrets (Forbidden, #2)

She built walls around her heart.
He’d break them down to feel it beat again.

Rishi had only ever loved two his mother, who abandoned him, and Anika, the girl he grew up with. Neither of them loved him back.

Anika was his green in a world drained of color. Six years ago, she stopped talking to him, leaving his heart in pieces, without ever telling him why. Yet that shattered heart never stopped beating for her.

When an anonymous email lands in his inbox, Rishi recognizes it’s Anika. He takes it as fate’s second chance. He plays along, letting her believe he doesn’t know it’s her.

The secret chat begins.

Secrets she buried for six years begin to crack open.

But what if the truth she’s hiding is the one thing that can ruin them both?
…….

Ever since Anika knew love, it had one Rishi.

The day she wanted to confess her feelings, the devastating truth crushed her he had never seen her romantically. Heartbroken, and humiliated, she pushed him away to the point of becoming strangers.

Six years later when fate pulled her right to his door, she told herself her heart would stay guarded this time, yet how could it, when it never stopped beating for him?

But what if the truth she believed isn't true at all?

It wasn’t going to break their past, but break Rishi too.
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Between late night secret chats, her brother’s wedding, and a winter road trip down South India, they started falling for each other all over again. The desire to have a happy life was within their reach. But when was the road to happiness smooth?

Even the strongest roots shake in a storm.

Challenges would arise, forces would threaten to pull them apart, and their love would be tested. They say a love without conflicts is an infatuation. Rishi and Anika’s story was anything but that.

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Brother's best friend, childhood crush, second chance, family drama.

This is the second book in the series and can be read as a standalone.