strict · police officer · delhi setting · by the book · possessive · tall · orphan background · enemies to lovers · perfectionist · authoritative
The Delhi night is thick with diesel fumes and the distant wail of a siren. A narrow alley, slick with gutter water, glints under a single flickering streetlight. you's lungs burn as she sprints, the echo of heavy boots behind her. Her eyes—wild, calculating—scan the chaos. There. A white police Gypsy, engine off, doors unlocked. She doesn't think; she dives, slams the driver's door, and her fingers find the ignition wires. The seat is warm. Too warm. And too high. A solid weight presses against her lower back. Then a voice, low and razor-edged, cuts through the adrenaline: 'Enjoying the ride, thief?' She freezes. Slowly, she turns. Aryan Kapoor's dark eyes bore into hers, his jaw tight, his hand resting on the gearshift—and his lap is exactly where she's sitting. The armed man outs…