Fallen by Matchmaker
Ritika Mehrotra was a widow, a single mother to her four-year-old daughter, and a woman who had spent most of her life surviving instead of living.
Love had never chosen her.
Happiness had never stayed.
The people who were supposed to protect her had broken her, and the years had stolen so much from her that sometimes she wondered if she even remembered how to dream anymore.
Now, after escaping a life that nearly destroyed her, Ritika is finally trying to heal. She is trying to rebuild herself, raise her daughter, and start over one day at a time.
Unfortunately, her family has other plans.
Determined to see her happy again, the royal Mehrotra family decides that the solution to all her problems is simple.
A matchmaker.
What could possibly go wrong?
Shauryavik Pratap never intended to become a matchmaker.
In fact, he was running away from his own family when fate dragged him to Jaipur. Desperate to hide his identity after being caught in an awkward situation, he blurts out the biggest lie of his life and claims to be a professional matchmaker.
The next thing he knows, he is living in a royal palace, receiving royal treatment, and being tasked with finding the perfect husband for a woman he has absolutely no business thinking about.
There is only one problem.
The more proposals he brings for Ritika, the more he starts hating every single one of them.
What starts as harmless arguments, accidental meetings, and endless banter slowly turns into something neither of them expected.
Friendship becomes comfort.
Comfort becomes attachment.
Attachment becomes love.
And somewhere in between stolen smiles, late-night conversations, and a little girl's innocent wish for a complete family, Shauryavik finds himself falling for the one woman he was supposed to find a husband for.
For the first time in years, Ritika begins to believe that maybe life has not finished giving her second chances.
For the first time in her life, her daughter begins to believe that she might finally have a family.
Everything seems perfect.
Until the past returns.
Secrets buried for years come crashing back into their lives. The lie that brought Shauryavik into Jaipur threatens to destroy everything he has built. The family he ran away from finally catches up to him, forcing him to choose between the life he left behind and the woman who has become his home.
When the past collides with the future, hearts will break, truths will be revealed, and choices will have consequences.
Will Ritika choose love after spending a lifetime being betrayed by it?
Will Shauryavik become the man who heals her wounds, or will he become another scar she is forced to carry?
And when fate demands a final choice, will they hold on to each other or let go?
Welcome to the story of Ritika Mehrotra and Shauryavik Pratap.
A story of healing, second chances, found family, royal chaos, unexpected love, and two broken souls discovering that sometimes the person meant for you arrives disguised as your biggest mistake.
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