Ah Love! could thou and I with Fate conspire
To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire,
Would not we shatter it to bits -- and then
Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!

-- Omar Khayyam

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"Dreams or love, doctor?"

"Dreams. You?"

The stardust strokes his irises where the moonlight shines over them, slipping over his cheekbones and meeting the corners of his mouth as they pull upwards. He grins, the dip in his cheek flaring an irresistible urge within her to touch his face, trace his features, run her fingers over the trail her gaze is leaving everywhere in failing attempts of searching his eyes, but tumbling around all over him instead. The unearthly hue of his orbs looks both paranormal yet phenomenal under the blanket of the night. Something about him interferes with her intellect.

"Love," he answers.

"Love?" she repeats. "Why?"

He gives her a crooked smile and shrugs, looking away from her up to the sky, appearing way younger to her than he is, subtly deceiving his age. His long dark locks fall over his eyes, now concealing where she aches to roam and be lost. The desires of the world suddenly seem to fade but this moment with him remains. Her principles tremble, so does her heart. A rational woman like her isn't supposed to fall into the trap of emotions and be fooled. Especially by a man so simple as him who always manages to turn things complex for her. Then why?

"Because dreams are infinite and to be chased forever, but true love comes once in a blue moon."

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BANAFSHA

❝You believe in true love, don't you? Don't you? I'll shatter the concept of soulmates for you.❞

MIKAEL

❝For someone who's known for stitching hearts, you're notorious for breaking as many. Why so heartless, doctor?❞

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She's a destructive combination of rebellion and rationality, making plans to achieve her dreams and breaking rules when need be. Banafsha Humayun is used to getting what she wants, oblivious to the price tag that comes attached for each of her wishes to be fulfilled. But when her desire of progressing in her career clashes with her parents' demand of getting her married, being blind to the cost of her decisions goes too far for her own likings this time.

He's a limpid fusion of stary nights and midday sun, spreading kindness with his gentle soul and carrying light in his every nook. Aurang Idris is living through life with a fractured past and broken heart. But when given another chance at love, being paired to a woman who carries storm in her blood and hell in her eyes turns his world upside down.

Flying off home and landing in Dublin, all Banafsha knows of her husband is only his name. So when both are brought face to face, introducing himself as Mikael to his wife is done only to extinguish the flames of an unwanted marriage.

As life plays its dice and the strings of fate pull them both together, their actions and karma brew consequences at the horizon. But when feelings are involved and things turn complex, how long can both avoid being burnt in the flames of heartache?

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