Vengeful Relations [#2 in The Tainted Throne Series]

He married me for revenge. I married him for duty. We both got more than we bargained for. I never wanted an arranged marriage. But when my family needs me, I don't hesitate. Even if it means marrying a man I barely know. Even if it means leaving behind the life I've built. Arshit Singh Rajput is everything I didn't expect—brilliant, intense, and devastatingly attractive. Our wedding night changes everything. Suddenly, this business arrangement feels like so much more. I fall fast. I fall hard. I give him everything—my trust, my body, my heart. What I don't know is that every touch, every kiss, every whispered "I love you" is part of a plan. A plan that started long before he ever knew my name. Because Arshit didn't marry me for love. He married me for revenge. And I was foolish enough to believe in fairy tales. He vowed to destroy my family. Instead, he destroyed me. She wasn't supposed to matter. The marriage was strategy—get close to the family, gather information, make them pay for what they did to my parents. Simple. Clean. Necessary. But Ruhanika Agnihotri is nothing like I expected. She's brilliant. Kind. Innocent in ways that make me feel like a monster. And when she looks at me with those mismatched eyes—one green, one blue—I forget every reason I'm supposed to hate her family. I tell myself I can compartmentalize. Love her and destroy them. I'm wrong. Because when you play with fire, someone gets burned. And when she discovers the truth—when she looks at me with betrayal instead of love—I realize I've destroyed the only thing that ever mattered. Now I have to live with what I've done. Or die trying to fix it.