The Man I shouldn't Love
He was forty. She was twenty-four. He was a man who had stopped believing in love. She was a girl who had yet to discover how dangerous it could be. Kabir Singhania, the ruthless forty-year-old CEO of Singhania Industries, has everything a man could possibly desire—an empire built on power, a name that commands respect, and a life where he answers to no one. Except himself. Behind his perfectly tailored suits and unreadable eyes lies a man who has long since dismissed love as nothing more than a beautiful lie. Relationships are temporary. Feelings are weaknesses. And nights spent in the company of beautiful strangers mean absolutely nothing when morning comes. For Kabir Singhania, love doesn't exist. And he has no intention of looking for it. Until Alya Rathore walks into his world. Twenty-four-year-old Alya is a fashion-designing student in her final year, the daughter of Rajiv Rathore and Amrutha Rajiv Rathore—the formidable minds behind RR Enterprises, where her father serves as CEO and her mother as CFO. Raised in a family where love and loyalty are more than just words, Alya has a world of dreams waiting for her. She is young, spirited, and determined to create a name for herself beyond the Rathore legacy. She has no idea that the man who will turn her world upside down is someone her parents have known for years. Kabir, Rajiv, and Amrutha were once college friends. Life took them down different paths. Rajiv and Amrutha found their forever in each other, while Kabir built an empire of his own, never allowing his heart to belong to anyone. But fate has a cruel sense of humour. What happens when the man who once shared college corridors with the woman who became Alya's mother finds himself drawn to her daughter? What happens when a man who has spent years treating intimacy as meaningless begins to crave the presence of one woman he should never want? And what happens when a girl who has her whole future ahead of her discovers that her heart has chosen a man who refuses to believe in it? He knows the age difference. He knows the consequences. He knows exactly why he should stay away. But knowing what is right and having the strength to do it are two entirely different things. Because some desires are meant to be forgotten. Some people are meant to remain untouchable. And some loves are dangerous precisely because they were never supposed to happen. He is the man she should never love. She is the woman he never believed could exist. And neither of them is prepared for what happens when the heart refuses to obey the rules. Some love stories begin with a promise. Theirs begins with a warning.
