⚠️ Warning: This story contains highly explicit, sensual, and mature (18+) scenes. It explores intense emotions, physical intimacy, and themes intended for adult audiences only. If you feel uncomfortable with such content, please stop reading now. ----------------------------------------------------- We were just three best friends chasing summer. A weekend away from university, sunshine on our skin, and laughter in the air. Nothing complicated. Nothing dangerous. Until the rain came. Until he and I were alone. The storm outside was nothing compared to the one inside me when his hand found mine... when his lips touched mine. It was reckless. It was wrong. It was the best thing I've ever felt. Now, every time I see him with her - my best friend - I burn. And when he looks at me, I know he's burning too. Best Friend's Forbidden Lover is a short, heated romance about temptation you can't resist, love you can't confess, and the kind of secret that could destroy everything.

Tagline: "She promised never to love. He swore to break that promise." Genre: Psychological Romance | Tragedy | Slow-Burn Length: Estimated 35-40 chapters Status: Ongoing Zoe doesn't believe in love. She fears it. Diagnosed with philophobia, she's learned to survive by shutting down emotionally. Her past is a graveyard of abandonment, betrayal, and emotional chaos - love, to her, is a danger she refuses to invite. Walls up, heart locked, she lives by one rule: Don't let anyone in. But then she meets Zayn Alvin- billionaire CEO's son, magnetic, arrogant, and impossible to ignore. In the boardroom and in public, he's untouchable. But behind closed doors, he's someone else entirely. With Zoe, he's patient, vulnerable... safe. Zayn has always lived a double life - one molded by power and pressure, the other hidden beneath years of secrets. No one has ever seen his real self. Until Zoe. As their connection deepens, Zoe finds herself drawn to the one man who feels like home - and danger - all at once. Every time she lets him in, her fear claws its way back. And every time Zayn tries to protect her, his own mask begins to slip. But behind Zayn's carefully curated charm lies a truth darker than Zoe's past. And when that truth comes out, it threatens to destroy the only fragile trust she's ever built. This is not a story about perfect love. It's about broken minds, fractured identities, and a romance built in the shadows of fear.

A scandal. A misunderstanding. A decision taken in haste-and Keerti is married off to Professor Agastya Agnivanshi, her own English literature teacher. He's everything she's not: emotionally closed-off, cynical, and a man who sees marriage as nothing more than a social burden. To him, love is weakness. To her, this marriage is a cage. Bound by society's judgment, family's honor, and a twist of fate neither of them saw coming, they are now husband and wife. What starts as a marriage of convenience quickly spirals into a fierce emotional tug-of-war. They argue. They clash. They challenge each other at every step. They are enemies under the same roof-until the fire between them begins to burn in a different way. Meanwhile, in this turbulent world, Mrunal Tripathi, Keerti's best friend, brings color and chaos. Her dreams of becoming an IPS officer are bold, loud, and full of heart. But her free spirit often stirs the very discipline Keerti clings to-reminding everyone that life doesn't always follow rules. And then there's Tej Pratap Singh, the young economics professor whose belief in structure is shaken by the spontaneity of people like Mrunal. As her laughter invades his quiet world, another story brews in the background.