DR. NAMIT SINGH

The man behind a thousand secrets.

Brilliant. Reserved. Calculated.

Namit is the kind of man who doesn't need to raise his voice to command a room. His presence is enough.

Exceptionally brilliant, he completed his B.Tech in Computer Science, followed by a Master's and dual PhDs from some of the most prestigious institutions across the globe-all at an age when most people are only beginning to figure out where they belong.

Now an Associate Professor at IIT Madras, he is known for his remarkable intellect, discipline, and an almost unnerving ability to stay three steps ahead of everyone else.

But academic brilliance isn't the only thing he keeps hidden.

Namit has secrets.

A lot of them.

Secrets buried so deep that no one knows the real man behind the composed professor everyone sees.

He doesn't trust easily.

He doesn't talk unnecessarily.

And he certainly doesn't let people get close.

He has spent years building walls around himself.

Then Akshita walked in.

And somehow, she made every one of them feel a little less permanent.

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AKSHITA MEHTA

The girl who could never be anything less than herself.

Loud. Bubbly. Warm. Chaotic.

Akshita talks too much, laughs too loudly, questions everything, and has absolutely no idea how to stay out of trouble.

A brilliant researcher from Bihar, she was pursuing her PhD in Computer Science at IIT Delhi before moving to IIT Madras for better research opportunities, following a request from Dr. Rekha Bharadwaj, Head of the CSE Department.

She may be sunshine wrapped in chaos, but don't mistake her warmth for weakness.

Akshita has a spine.

She knows her worth.

She knows what she deserves.

And she isn't afraid to stand her ground-even when the person standing opposite her is Namit.

She doesn't care how intimidating he is.

She doesn't care how brilliant he is.

And she definitely doesn't care about his legendary patience.

Well...

Maybe she cares a little.

Because the one man she absolutely cannot stand somehow becomes the one person she can't stop noticing.

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HE BUILT WALLS.

SHE BROUGHT CHAOS.

And neither of them was prepared for what came next.