Chapter 1: The First Cut

She gave him her trust, her body, her heart - and he turned it into a joke. Five years later, Dr. Niharika Verma returns from the U.S. as a brilliant gynecologist, strong and untouchable. But fate has its own prescriptions... and it begins with her father's treating doctor - Dr. Rohan Malhotra, the man who broke her. He doesn't recognize the woman behind the cold eyes, but she remembers every touch, every lie. In the sterile corridors of the hospital and the heat of late-night shifts, passion simmers again... along with pain. Will he earn her forgiveness? Or will their past consume the second chance they never expected?