𝔅𝔯𝔬𝔨𝔢𝔫 𝔅𝔯𝔦𝔡𝔢 𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰 #2 𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 ═════ ✥.❖.✥ ═════ Nitya Heer Tiwari had always been the strong one-the loyal friend, fierce and protective to her core. But when tragedy strikes, her life is shattered, leaving her a mere shell of who she used to be. Wracked with self-hatred and haunted by the past, she's lived in isolation, barely holding on. Now, an old threat resurfaces, threatening to destroy the last pieces of her fragile sanity. Desperate, she makes a choice she never imagined-striking a deal with the one man she vowed never to fall for. Aman Mehra. Flirtatious, charming, and irresistibly charismatic, he's the man everyone calls the "golden-retriever energy." But Nitya knows better. She's seen what lies beneath the surface, and she's sure she could never love someone like him. After all, the devil you know is better than the monster lurking in the shadows. Their agreement is simple: a marriage of convenience. He gets out of an unwanted engagement, and she gains his protection. But can a deal with the devil ever truly stay just business? A marriage of convenience. Or is it really? ═════ ✥.❖.✥ ═════ 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 🎀 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 🔞⚠️ This book contains mature content intended for readers aged 18 and above. Reader discretion is advised.

"𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦?" 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥. "𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘮𝘶𝘫𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘪 𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘢. 𝘔𝘶𝘫𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘢𝘫 𝘬𝘢𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘪 𝘣𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘪 𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘵𝘢." 🦋 Life as a medical resident is already hard for Poorvi. It gets more complicated when she crosses paths with an old classmate, who's now a bollywood star. Samar is already too cheeky for her liking, and drama follows him everywhere. Poorvi finds herself unsure if she's more annoyed by his fame or by how much he's starting to grow on her. After getting his name on three blockbusters in a year, Samar involuntarily lands himself in a hospital. But somehow, the doctor treating him seems to be doing more for his recovery than any IV drip could. Poorvi is all about rules, boundaries, and keeping her private life exactly that: private. Samar thrives in the spotlight, where boundaries blur and emotions often spill over. Doctors are too busy to date, and actors apparently never commit. 🦋 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴: 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘹 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘺 𝘹 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘖𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘏𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 Trigger Warning: Eating Disorder, Depression, Suicidal Ideation, Abuse, Cheating (not between main characters)

What happens when India's favorite cricket star meets a woman who doesn't care who he is but still sees right into his soul? Rishi Oberoi is everything the world worships rich, talented, dangerously charming. But behind the magazine covers and roaring crowds lies a man still grieving the brother he lost and the life he was never allowed to choose. Kritika Mehra is a quiet physiotherapy intern from Mumbai, just trying to keep her head down, do her job, and take care of her ailing father. She doesn't have time for celebrity drama especially not the kind that shows up injured at her rehab center. Sparks fly, but not the easy kind. As love begins to bloom in the spaces between silence and sacrifice, Rishi and Kritika must navigate media madness, family legacies, and their broken pieces. 💬 A story of healing, home, and hearts that find each other when the world isn't watching.

"𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐬.. 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮." ────୨ৎ──── 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 - 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 1 "𝐀 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐀 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭. 𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦." 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧? She's his obsession. He's her destruction. Roshni Khanna - 21, rich, spoiled, impulsive. The so-called princess of the Khanna empire. But beneath the designer dresses and bratty attitude hides a haunted girl with secrets darker than night. She only wants him. The one man who couldn't care less about her. Advait Rai Singhania - 28, ruthless, breathtaking, cold-blooded. Mafia-linked and emotionally untouchable. In his world, love doesn't exist - only power, pain, and control. Until her past collides with his - and everything spirals. ★★★ What happens when his hate meets her obsession? Can two broken souls survive each other? What if breaking her heart is the only way he learns to feel? Will she ever be more than a game to him? Or will she rewrite his rules - and make him fall, hard? Welcome to the story of two beautifully broken souls where love is war, pain is passion, and nothing is predictable. Trigger Warning: 18+ | Dark Romance | Toxic Themes | Abuse & Trauma Read with caution. Not for the faint of heart.

ON HOLD TILL SEPTEMBER 2026 _____ Book One of HER SERIES _____ What happens when obsession wears the mask of love? He who builds empires on lies and shadows. Her who lives for justice and truth. Will she uncover his darkness, or will he pull her into it-until there's no way out? _____ Sanika Shekhawat A 26-year-old police officer with a fierce heart and sharp mind. Beautiful, bold, and stubbornly righteous. She's the kind of woman who'd rather break her own heart than her promises. Known for her black eyes that see through every lie, Sanika is a storm wrapped in silk-graceful, deadly, and impossible to control. Devansh Rathore A 32-year-old billionaire CEO of Rathore Enterprises. Tall, ruthless, and devastatingly handsome with hazel eyes that hold a thousand unspoken truths. He's charming when he wants to be, but behind his cold demeanor lies a man who believes love is not a choice-it's a claim. And Sanika? She's the only one he has ever wanted to claim. ______ "I did it for Sid bhai, not for you," I said, looking straight into his eyes. "I know," he replied calmly, as if my defiance didn't bother him in the least. "Then why did you change everything? The lehenga, the jewellery... even the decorations?" I asked, my voice laced with frustration. "You were never supposed to wear someone else's fate. So I gave you one that always belonged to you." His words made my heart stutter. For a split second, something strange fluttered inside me-something I didn't want to name. I shouldn't feel this. Not for him. Not for the man who terrifies everyone. _____ To know more read their story.

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 "𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 . 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆"!! 𝑰𝒏 𝒏𝒐 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 " 𝑺𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘. 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒌, 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚". _________________________________________ 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍, 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝑯𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚, 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔, 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈.

"I don't like him." I murmur against his lips. "It's only ever been you, Noah." He continues to kiss me, his hand now caressing my cheek gently. "He's just a friend." I murmur again. He suddenly stops and looks up at me. "Good." He says, as he stares into my eyes. "Because no one can have you. You are mine." *** Ava Woods had what mostly every girl her age wanted. She had parents who would try to spoil her at any chance they got, friends who were always there for her whenever she needed them and she had the most hottest and sexiest footballer as her boyfriend. Everything was set. She would graduate high school with honours and go to her dream university. But of course, being the 'sometimes klutz' that she was, she ends up misplacing her phone at a time she needed it the most. And she gets kidnapped by not only a kidnapper, but a bangable one at that! And this handsome, tempting, hunk of a kidnapper was Noah Campbell. *** Copyright © 2019 by zelinashantae. All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

"Listen Dev. I..I am sorry. Please let me explain" I pleaded while taking my steps back. "Sorry? Really? Ms Aasha Sharma" he asked with a smirk. Now my back hit the wall i gasped. His face is few inches away from mine. Suddenly he held my waist tightly. "You know without you i can't live. You know without you i will be like a lifeless body. Then why you left me?" He shouted in rage. What he saying is true. Yes i left him. I know he will be hurt if i leave him. But my life left no options for me. I love him a lot. I can't live without him. I even know that he also can't live without me. But i can't tell him the truth. "Tell me damn it why you did this to me?" he shouted. I shivered. "I..I" no words came out from my mouth. "I left you because for your own good" I said closing my eyes tightly. "Oh! My own good?"Saying this he crashed his lips on mine. His kiss was not a passionate one but a punishable. I flinched in pain when he bited my lower lip. "You are going to endure more than this Ms.Aasha Sharma. You are going to face the consequences for leaving me" he said while wiping the blood from my lips. I gulped. "Get ready to face the New Dev Malhotra!" saying this he left the place not before locking the suite door. ~~~~ Aasha sharma, a 24 year old beautiful girl, for her love is a forbidden subject in her life. She has a family. But she never knows how a family feels like. She always dreamed for a happy, caring family. She thinks that love only exist to lucky people and she is not the lucky one to get a true love. Dev malhotra, a 28 year old, CEO of the Malhotra industries, India's number one company, best business man of the year. For him everyone has the right to be loved. He thinks love exist for everyone. He has a big loving family. He is waiting to fall in love. Will Aasha fall in love with Dev?Will Dev make her feel lucky by giving his love? Will Aasha get a family's love?

♡ Your hand touching mine, This is how galaxies collide ♡ If one smile from you to me could be transformed into stars, then I might as well be holding up the entire sky ✩ Romantic comedy short stories ❤️ (which definitely makes your heart flutter) ◎ Dig inside to feel the love ◎