She didn’t marry for love. She married to bury a past that still haunted her nights. Riven Blackwood didn’t ask for her heart. He only offered her a name… a home… and a life built on silence. The rules were clear. No love. No expectations. No husband and wife. She would be a mother to his son. Nothing more. And he agreed. But what Bhumi didn’t know.. was that Riven Blackwood was never a man who did anything halfway. He had seen her once… and that was enough. Enough to remember. Enough to wait. Enough to make sure she walked into his life...willingly or not. “I don’t need your love,” he tells her quietly, his voice calm but unshakable. “But don’t think for a second… you’re not already mine.” She tries to keep her distance. Tries to remind herself this marriage is nothing but an arrangement. But every glance from him feels like a promise. Every touch feels like a claim. He doesn’t demand her love. He doesn’t force her heart. He just stays. Watches. Protects. Waits. And loves her in a way that feels dangerously close to obsession. Because Riven isn’t the kind of man who lets go. Not when he has already decided. Not when he has already chosen. “You can run from me,” he murmurs one night, his voice low against her silence. “But every path you take… will still lead you back to me.” And Bhumi begins to realize.. This marriage was never just an agreement. Never just a compromise. It was a beginning she didn’t choose… but one he had been waiting for. Because some men fall in love.. and some… Claim. And Riven Blackwood? He was never meant to lose her. Bhumi… was never meant to escape him. Married to Forget, Loved to Stay is a slow-burn, emotionally intense romance filled with quiet obsession, unspoken longing, and a love that doesn’t beg to be chosen… It waits. It watches. It takes its time. And when it finally claims it never lets go. 🖤