"Previously published as Waris: The Price of an Heir by., Bamanushka."...He married her for an heir.She married him to save the children.Falling in love was never part of the deal. Dhruv Hudda doesn't believe in love. He believes in power. Control. Contracts.And when his grandfather's will gives him just one year to secure a legitimate heir or risk losing the family legacy, Dhruv knows exactly what to do.Find a woman.Make a deal.Get married.Keep his heart out of it. Then Diya Chandra walks into his life. Diya isn't looking for a husband. She's fighting to save Asha Bhavan, the orphanage she has dedicated her life to-a place that is about to be destroyed by a ruthless businessman who wants its land. When Dhruv offers her a way to save the orphanage, the price is impossible to ignore.A contract marriage.One year.One heir.No love. Diya agrees because the children need her.Dhruv agrees because his legacy demands it.But there is one problem neither of them planned for...>And the longer Diya stays inside Dhruv's world, the harder it becomes to remember that their marriage is only a contract.The man who once seemed cold and untouchable begins to reveal the scars hidden behind his ruthless exterior.>But just when their carefully controlled arrangement begins to feel dangerously real, the past comes knocking.>A dangerous enemy.>And suddenly, the contract isn't the only thing holding their marriage together.>And someone knows exactly how to destroy Dhruv's legacy. What happens when the marriage that was supposed to create an heir becomes the one thing Dhruv cannot afford to lose? When the truth finally comes out, Diya will have to make the hardest choice of her life... Save the man she never meant to love-or walk away before his world destroys her? And Dhruv is about to discover that losing his inheritance may not be his greatest fear after all. Because the woman he married for his legacy may become the woman he would lose everything to keep. THE UNEXPECTED HEIR is an emotional contract-marriage romance filled with family secrets, sacrifice, betrayal, powerful emotions, and an unexpected love that refuses to follow the rules.
