𝑨𝑨𝑵𝒀𝑨 𝑨𝑫𝑽𝑰𝑲𝑨 𝑴𝑬𝑯𝑹𝑨

Twenty-six

5'5"

Founder & lead designer, Advika Atelier

Graceful, independent, private; touch‑starved yet touch‑wary

Engaged—by arrangement—to Vihaan Nirav Rana

Stress‑linked memory gaps; finds unfamiliar sketches in her own hand

"I hold the world steady with my work—then he looks at me, and everything softens."

—

𝑽𝑰𝑯𝑨𝑨𝑵 𝑵𝑰𝑹𝑨𝑽 𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑨

VIHAAN NIRAV RANA

Thirty

6'2"

CFO, Rana Heritage Group; renovates legacies and ledgers

Controlled, precise, quietly protective; synesthetic—feels emotions as colors

Six‑month engagement to Aanya, signed for optics...and something he won't name

Keeps a leather notebook of poems he never intends to publish

"I don't believe in fate. I believe in showing up—and I will, for her."

—

𝑲𝑰𝑨𝑵 𝑨𝑹𝑯𝑨𝑨𝑵 𝑴𝑨𝑳𝑯𝑶𝑻𝑹𝑨

KIAN ARHAAN MALHOTRA

Thirty-two

Psychiatrist; family therapist with too many keys to old doors

Charming, surgical, unreadable; smiles like a signature

"People forget pain—until I remind them."

—

𝑺𝑨𝑰𝑹𝑨 𝑨𝑨𝑫𝑯𝒀𝑨 𝑲𝑨𝑷𝑶𝑶𝑹

SAIRA AADHYA KAPOOR

Twenty-six - 5'4"

Aanya's best friend; analytics brain, espresso loyalty

Ride‑or‑die; spreadsheets and soft scoldings

"If they don't clap at your shine, I'll bring the thunder."

—

𝑹𝑬𝒀𝑨𝑵𝑺𝑯 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑽𝑰𝑲 𝑺𝑯𝑨𝑯

REYANSH CHARVIK SHAH

Twenty-nine - 5'11"

Corporate lawyer; jokes like a shield, argues like a blade

"Contracts end. Promises don't."

—

𝑹𝑯𝑬𝑨 𝑴𝑬𝑯𝑹𝑨 - 𝑫𝑬𝑽𝑰𝑲𝑨 𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑨

RHEA MEHRA - DEVIKA RANA

Mothers with steel in their spines and roses in their palms

Believe love should protect, not possess

—

𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑯𝑶𝑼𝑺𝑬: 𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑨 𝑯𝑨𝑽𝑬𝑳𝑰 (𝑾𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑪)

THE HOUSE: RANA HAVELI (WING C)

Moonlit corridors, dust and jharokhas

Their shared project: boutique hotel + atelier; a place that remembers

—

𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑰𝑹 𝑹𝑼𝑳𝑬𝑺 (𝑺𝑰𝑮𝑵𝑬𝑫, 𝑺𝑳𝑶𝑾𝑳𝒀 𝑩𝑹𝑶𝑲𝑬𝑵)

THEIR RULES (SIGNED, SLOWLY BROKEN)

Honesty in private, unity in public.

No weaponizing the press.

Consent before touch; questions before assumptions.

Six months—unless it stops feeling pretend.

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