Author's note

❝ Tied by Fate ❞

Thirteen years apart.
One unspoken bond.
And a love that never really left.

Naina Mehra was always trying to be enough.
The perfect daughter. The ideal student. The girl who checked every box and never let her cracks show. Bubbly to the world, clumsy in the sweetest way but inside, she was a storm trying to stay calm.
After losing her childhood best friend, she never let anyone close again. No one ever made it past the space he left behind.

Agastya Kashyap once wore his heart on his sleeve-until life ripped it off.
He believed in love. In people. In promises. But betrayal turned him cold. Silent. Guarded. Now, he's the man who keeps his distance, trusts no one, and hides behind a perfectly unreadable face.
He doesn't believe in second chances... until her.

Once, they were everything to each other neighbours, tuitions, lunchbox sharers, secret-keepers, partners in every mischief and memory.
But one quiet goodbye turned them into strangers.

Now, thirteen years later, fate brings them back to the same city... the same street... the same story.
Only this time, they're not kids.
This time, the ache is real. The silence is louder. And the connection?
Still there. Still pulling.

"Tied by Fate" is more than a childhood sweetheart, second chance romance
It's a journey through time, scars, and slow healing.
It's about two souls who grew up apart, but never really moved on.
It's about what happens when the universe brings you back to the one who always felt like home.

Some love stories don't begin with sparks.
They begin with familiarity.
And they survive everything... even time.