Beauty is but Skin Deep

It’s the last straw for Simran when the guy who had come home to meet her with the intention of marriage, falls for her younger sister.

Going to her mother’s best friend’s home in Mumbai to lick her wounds, she finds it difficult to forget the rejection she’s suffered at her father’s hands, all because she is dark skinned.

Nitin returns early from his trip to Sydney and is fascinated with his mother’s young guest right from the moment he sets eyes on her.

Simran finds it too strange that someone as handsome as Nitin would want to spend time with her unattractive self and tries her best to keep him at arm’s length.

Only, Nitin won’t listen as he pursues her relentlessly.

Will Simran ever be able to come out of her shell to see how much Nitin loves her? Or will she continue to wallow in self-pity?

*A shorter version of this story was published before in the anthology Matches Made in Heaven