Tag: slow burn romance
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THIRTY DAYS NOTICE
EPISODE 5 — “FRIDAY” NAINA Day seven. Friday. The word has been sitting in my chest since Wednesday like something I swallowed wrong. I’ve been at Ghar since 4 AM. Not because there was work to do at 4 AM. Because lying in bed thinking about whether forty-seven thousand followers would translate into actual human…
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THIRTY DAYS NOTICE
EPISODE 4 — “APERITIVO” NAINA Day 5. Milan. That is the only thing going around in my head. I feel like I have been here long enough to get into the rhythm of the restaurant but at the same time I feel it’s not enough. I arrive by 5. Leave by 11. Eating and standing…
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THIRTY DAYS NOTICE
EPISODE 2 — “TABLE SEVEN” NAINA Malpensa on a Thursday afternoon looks almost beautiful. I had forgotten about that. The light comes through the arrival doors in that specific October gold that makes everything look deliberate — like Milan arranged it knowing I was coming and wanted to make a point. I walk through arrivals…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED — EPISODE 9
THE FOURTH MEETING VEER I have a rule about mornings. No calls before eight. No meetings before nine. No decisions made before the first coffee has finished doing whatever coffee is supposed to do to a person who hasn’t slept properly in four days. I broke all three rules before 7 AM. The deal terms…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED EPISODE -6
DAMAGE CONTROL ANAYA I knew my life was over the moment the auntie smiled. Not a normal smile. Not a friendly smile. The smile of a woman who had just discovered enough gossip to survive the next six months. Interesting. No. Not interesting. Catastrophic. My mother looked between me and Veer. Then smiled. His mother…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED EPISODE – 5
CAN WE FIND THE BALANCE? ANAYA There are very few things worse than accidentally getting engaged. Finding out the internet is invested in it was one of them. I had barely slept. Not because of Veer. Not because of the fake engagement. But because my mother had apparently entered her “future wedding planning” era. At…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED – EPISODE 4
“ONE HOUR” ANAYA I think I get why people get so panicked over a time bomb. That is dumb reference but I couldn’t think of anything else because the time is ticking with an impossible task to do on the way. One moment is “come on Anaya you can do this.” And the next moment,…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED — EPISODE 3
TOO LATE. ANAYA There are mistakes. Then there are situations. And then— there are situations that become public. Mine became public at 8:17 AM. The rush of emotions thinking through the current situation was baffling. Veer Malhotra had the audacity to reject me. Get it together Anaya, he didn’t reject you, you created a mess.…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED EPISODE – 2
“YOU OWE ME…” ANAYA I think having a time bomb in your chest should be a thing. Because I woke up the next morning straight into a nightmare. I woke up and realised that I created a huge blunder yesterday. All the moments of yesterday’s engagement party were coming back to me. And within all…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED — EPISODE 1
ONE SMALL LIE ANAYA There were exactly three reasons I hated engagement parties. One—people suddenly believed they were qualified to discuss your future. Two—someone always asked when you were next. And three— men became strangely confident around champagne. I adjusted the clasp of my bracelet while looking at my reflection through the elevator mirror. Black…