Introduction

There are people who believe that love arrives quietly.

Then there are people like Aarohi Malhotra and Siddhaarth Chandra Roy, whose story begins with enough chaos to keep an entire wedding talking for years.

At twenty-three, Aarohi Malhotra is a six-foot-tall criminal lawyer living in Germany with her parents after spending most of her life there. Brilliant in the courtroom and impossible to defeat in an argument, she is known for her sunshine personality, contagious laughter, and habit of stumbling into the most ridiculous situations imaginable. Despite loving romance and celebrating other people's happily-ever-afters, there is one thing she absolutely refuses to entertain—her own marriage. Mention it, and the cheerful lawyer transforms into an unstoppable force capable of verbally dismantling anyone foolish enough to challenge her. If words fail, she is more than capable of defending herself physically, having trained extensively in self-defense and martial arts. Aarohi has never believed in being anyone's damsel in distress.

Her childhood best friend, Naina Paul, finally gets the fairy-tale ending she always dreamed of by marrying Eshaan Ray, the love of her life. Delighted to celebrate her best friend's happiness, Aarohi flies from Germany to India intending to enjoy a week of wedding festivities before returning home.

Unfortunately for her...

Naina has completely different plans.

Determined that her best friend should leave India with a husband instead of just wedding memories, the newly appointed self-proclaimed Chairwoman of the "Find Aarohi a Husband Committee" begins a relentless matchmaking mission long before Aarohi's flight even lands. Every eligible bachelor at the wedding suddenly becomes a "perfect match," much to Aarohi's endless frustration and everyone's endless amusement.

Standing on the opposite side of this beautiful disaster is Siddhaarth Chandra Roy.

Twenty-eight years old. Seven feet five tall. A self-made billionaire with a razor-sharp mind, an intimidating presence, and a temper feared by employees, competitors, and occasionally even his closest friends. Siddhaarth despises foolishness, has little patience for unnecessary drama, and attends weddings only out of loyalty—certainly not because he enjoys them.

Then he meets Aarohi.

The woman who accidentally ruins his expensive sherwani, argues with him without the slightest hint of fear, constantly challenges his patience, and somehow becomes the only person capable of making the perpetually serious businessman laugh.

The more she insists marriage will never be a part of her future, the more determined Siddhaarth becomes to prove otherwise.

To Aarohi, every impossible condition she lists for a future husband is simply another way to end the conversation.

To Siddhaarth...

They become a checklist.

What follows is a whirlwind of hilarious misunderstandings, relentless teasing, stolen glances, family conspiracies, dramatic arguments, accidental encounters, and enough wedding chaos to make everyone wonder whether Naina and Eshaan's marriage was the only love story being celebrated.

Because sometimes...

The bride isn't the only one destined to find her happily ever after.

Sometimes...

The wedding guest becomes the greatest challenge of a stubborn billionaire's life.

And Siddhaarth Chandra Roy has never walked away from a challenge.