The Second Time He Loved
𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱. Ishviq was not made for love — not anymore. Years ago, he was a young husband, still learning what it meant to care for someone. And just when he began to understand love, he lost it all. Ruhi — his wife, his first true companion — died giving birth to a child that never took a breath. Since then, Ishviq has lived not as a man, but as a shadow. Loyal. Quiet. Untouchable. He drowned himself in duty, rising through the palace ranks and becoming the most trusted man in Prince Rudra’s army. A soldier feared by many, respected by all — and truly known by no one. Until Meera. A quiet palace maid, Meera never expected to catch Ishviq’s attention. But when her life begins to entangle with his — through chance, through duty, through fate — she sees the man behind the silence. The storm he never speaks of. The heartbreak he’s never healed from. And before she can stop herself, she falls for him. But loving a man like Ishviq isn’t easy. Especially when his heart still beats for a woman who no longer exists. Especially when he’s sworn never to let himself love again. What happens when love walks into a life that’s already been buried once? Can a man who’s forgotten how to feel… still be someone’s forever?
