She fell in love with his characters and he fell in love with her. ● After unknowingly falling in love with a bestselling author hiding behind a false identity, a college girl must decide whether she can trust the man who broke her heart-especially when he refuses to stop fighting for a second chance. ---- Synopsis Rishit Rathore is Reez - one of the most celebrated contemporary authors in India, known for emotionally devastating fiction and an identity so carefully guarded that his readers have never seen his face. He moves through the world with quiet control, his public persona a carefully maintained mystery. Bhavya Singh is a final-year English student who commutes two hours each way to college by bus. She is a devoted reader of Reez - she owns every book he has written, defends his characters fiercely, and has never once questioned whether the man behind the words might be someone she could actually meet. They meet on a morning bus. Rishit recognises the cover of his own book in her hands. He watches her read. He watches her argue, quietly, with his choices. Somewhere between her murmured conviction that his heroine could have been saved and the moment she steps off at her stop without ever looking up, something in him shifts. 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞.

In the prestigious halls of Delhi public School , where ranks matter and reputations are everything , two rule the academy battlefield . MISHIKA OBEROI - the quiet , new admission, introverted topper shy , short - tempered, and fiercely determined to top . Books are her safe place , and emotions are something she'd rather keep locked away. And there's AHAAN SINGHANIA - the charming , confident headboy of the school . Cold hearted, effortlessly briliant, and annoyingly perfect . An extrovert who owns every room je walks into with those sharp amber - brown eyes and that arrogant smirk . They are academic rivals , constantly competing for the number one spot . Every test becomes a war Every glance is a challenge. Every encounter ends in a argument. But somewhere between heated debates , stolen glances across classrooms , and silent moments neither of them can explain........ rivalry begins to blur in to something far more dangerous Because sometimes , the person you hate the most is the one your heart chooses the first And in a battle of ego , ambition and hidden feelings , the biggest question remains - What happens when your greatest rival becomes your most beloved one ? ✦ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ✦ ♡ Academic Rivals ♡ Head Boy × School Topper ♡ Football Captain ♡ He Falls First And Harder ♡ Nickname Trope ♡ Slow Burn Romance ♡ CEO × Neurosurgeon ♡ Extrovert × Introvert ♡ Happily Ever After