Early update on stck, paid!! 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 '𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬' 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 - 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞. 𝐑𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐱 𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐫 She was sitting on the bed, waiting for her husband when the door clicked open. Her fist clenched the hem of her pallu. Her heart was beating too loud, the only sound in the quiet room. She lifted her eyes as a paper was dropped in front of her. her heart shattered as she looked at the paper, a drop of tear dropping on it. "This marriage means nothing to me, I don't accept you as my wife. Sign these papers whenever you wish" And there the hope to find love ever in her life died, leaving only ashes.

𝓚𝓮𝓱𝓽𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓚𝓱𝓾𝓭𝓪 𝓷𝓮 𝓲𝓼𝓼 𝓳𝓪𝓱𝓪𝓪𝓷 𝓶𝓮𝓲𝓷 𝓢𝓪𝓫𝓱𝓲 𝓴𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝔂𝓮 𝓴𝓲𝓼𝓲 𝓷𝓪 𝓴𝓲𝓼𝓲 𝓴𝓸 𝓱𝓪𝓲 𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓪𝔂𝓪 𝓗𝓪𝓻 𝓴𝓲𝓼𝓲 𝓴𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝔂𝓮 𝓣𝓮𝓻𝓪 𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓷𝓪 𝓱𝓪𝓲 𝓾𝓼𝓼 𝓻𝓪𝓫 𝓴𝓪 𝓲𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓜𝓪𝓪𝓷𝓸 𝓶𝓾𝓳𝓱𝓴𝓸 𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓪𝔂𝓪 𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓳𝓪𝓲𝓼𝓮 𝓱𝓲 𝓴𝓲𝓼𝓲 𝓴𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝔂𝓮 𝑹𝒊𝒕𝒗𝒊𝒌 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒙 𝑹𝒖𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒌 ↳ Substitute Bride ↳ Cold Husband × Reserved Wife ↳ He Falls First & Harder The alliance was perfect. Until the bride ran away. With reputation at stake and no time left, a decision was made- one that no one questioned, but no one truly chose. Ruhaani Mallik was never meant to be the bride. Just the girl who stood in the background... unnoticed, unimportant. But in a moment of desperation, she was pushed into a place that was never hers. Ritvik Shergill didn't ask questions. He didn't care who stood beside him. For him, marriage was never about love. Just responsibility. Two strangers. One rushed wedding. A bond built on compulsion. But when a man who never believed in emotions starts to notice the girl who never expected anything, something begins to shift. Because she was never the one he was meant to marry... and yet, she might become the one he cannot let go.

She stepped into the marriage under a veil- knowing the man waiting for her was her family's sworn enemy. Two opposites, different dreams, where one is stuck on revenge while other desires freedom. Raised on hatred, bound by vows, and trapped between loyalty and desire, they were never meant to fall in love. But fate doesn't ask for permission. As truths surface and lines blur, hate turns into longing, and an unwanted marriage becomes the most dangerous thing of all-love. Because some unions are mistakes... until they aren't.

Prologue She was unconscious for four days. No one from her family came to see her. Her heart broke. She was in the hospital, yet no one cared enough to visit. Even after everything that had happened to her, she remained alone. As she walked slowly through the hospital corridor, her legs weak and her body aching, she saw them-her family. They stood there, talking in hushed voices. Relief and pain twisted inside her as she limped toward them. Then, without warning, a sharp slap struck her cheek. She stood frozen, numb not from the impact but from the words that followed. "Are you at peace finally? She has been raped because of you. Look at her condition, she is dying." A broken smile formed on her lips. Anyone could see her own ruined state-anyone but them. Once again, they had played their game. Once again, she was the one proven guilty. She wanted to scream, to tell them the truth. "It wasn't her who was raped. It was ME." But no words came out. Only silence.

Adhira had come to believe she was fate's favourite. Every happiness that one could only dare to wish for had been laid at her feet. She was raised in a family that understood her heart, nurtured her mind and gave her the finest education in every art she chose to learn. And when for the very first time, her heart fluttered for a man, Vikram Rathore, the King of Mehrangarh.. fate did not deny her that love either. Instead, she ended up marrying him and became his queen. She believed her life was perfect until that very fate turned cruel and took everything away from her, stripping her of every fragment of happiness she had ever known. Now pregnant with her late husband's child and the kingdom's potential heir, she finds herself torn apart between her heart's desire for peace and her sense of safety for her unborn baby. Raised to rule, Adhira was far from naive. She knew all too well that her child's safety was in question as Vikram's younger brother, Rajveer ascended the throne. And she would take any measure necessary to protect the little life growing within her. Whether it meant marrying Rajveer Rathore to secure her position... or killing him. [Zero usage of AI!]

I was the chaos he never wanted - and the only woman he couldn't resist. Rishi Shekhawat built empires with silence, protected his family like a soldier, and carried loyalty like a scar. He didn't do distractions. Then came me - Aaira Birla. Flirty. Fiery. One braincell short of disaster. I crashed into his perfectly controlled world with red lipstick, sarcasm, and an agenda of my own. He told me to behave. I laughed. Because being his problem? That's my favorite privilege. ‼️Warning- This story is heavy on spanking- (theme being- submissive in denial, dominant in style) It has consensual- non- consensual spankings If this is not your vibe, feel free to ignore. Happy reading

She is innocent he is cunning. She is soft-spoken he is straightforward. She is kind he is ruthless. She is gentle he is fierce. She follows her heart he follows his mind. ☾︎☽︎☾︎☽︎☾︎☽︎☾︎☽︎☾︎☽︎☾︎☽︎☾︎☽︎☾︎☽︎☾︎☽︎☾︎☽︎☾︎☽︎☾︎☽︎☾︎☽︎☾︎☽︎ She was the girl from Vrindavan-sweet, innocent, bubbly soft-spoken, eyes full of dreams and a heart that believed love could mend even the deepest wounds. A final year MBBS student with healing hands and a soul full of sunshine. He was heir to the royal throne of Udaipur, CEO of a powerful empire-cold, calculating, a storm wrapped in silk. A ruthless businessman born to rule, forged in the fire of duty, ambition and Responsibility. She wasn't supposed to marry him. Her sister was. But fate had twisted plans. And which no one saw coming, she became his bride. Two different worlds. Two souls. One fate. A girl who believed in fairy tales. A man who didn't believe in love. Can she soften the rage that lives inside him? Will he destroy the hope she holds onto so tightly? And in a world where duty weighs heavier than dreams... Will they ever find their way to happiness? Book 1 of Cruel Destiny series Start - 1.6.25 End -

Maine kaha tha na... ki main lautunga. Aur jab main lautunga, toh tumhari is napaak basti ki raakh par mera Tandav hoga! (I told you... I would return. And when I do, I will dance the Tandav of destruction upon the ashes of this unholy city!) Twenty-two years ago, the Raghuvanshi lineage committed a sin that the desert sands could never bury. To save their kingdom from a perceived curse, they shackled their own first-born-an eleven-year-old boy with bloodshot eyes and a heart full of fire-and cast him into the darkness. To the world, he was a Kalank (a stain). To his father, he was a monster. To the records, he was dead. Present Day: The Raghuvanshi Haveli is bathed in gold. The "Golden Heir," Aryaman Raghuvanshi, is set to marry the ethereal Nandini Suryavanshi. It is a union of power, politics, and a desperate attempt to erase the past. But as the Haldi ceremony begins, the omens turn violent. The sacred turmeric burns Nandini's skin, and the air grows heavy with the scent of an impending storm. While the city celebrates, a shadow has landed. He doesn't come for a crown, and he doesn't come for an apology. He comes to reclaim the debt written in his own blood. Ranvijay Singh Raghuvanshi is back. He is the ghost they couldn't kill, the demon they couldn't cage, and now... he is the groom they never saw coming. As the wedding bells begin to toll, the line between love and revenge blurs. Nandini is the prize in a war she didn't start, caught between a "Prince" who is running for his life and a "Monster" who has finally come home to claim his bride. "Ishq kalank hai, aashiq kalank hai... aur ab, barbaadi hi is mohabbat ka shagun hai." (lover is a stain... and now, ruin is the sacred omen of this love)

Title: Beyond the Veil of Deceit Tagline: One fall. One rescue. A thousand consequences. When a catastrophic accident at a high-profile fashion show in Lucknow leaves Khushi Kumari Gupta's reputation in tatters, the one who saves her is ASR's brother, Akash. But the ripples of that moment reach the very heart of the Raizada empire. Driven by guilt and a grandmother's unwavering sense of honor, Arnav is forced into a marriage with a woman he deems beneath him. To him, Khushi is a small-town girl who doesn't belong in his world of cold steel and high finance. To Khushi, Arnav is a man with a heart of stone, whose indifference is only outmatched by the predatory shadows of his "perfect" brother-in-law, Shyam. But the Raizada household has a secret weapon. Seeing Khushi's silent suffering and the suspicious gaze of her own husband, Anjali awakens. As she takes charge of Khushi's transformation from a broken bride to an independent woman, the stage is set for a reckoning. In a house built on secrets and a marriage fueled by a slow-burning fire, will Arnav realize the worth of the woman he wed? Or will the shadows of the past destroy the Raizadas once and for all?

If you all want to read a detailed mafia world blended with a royal bloodline that actually matters to the plot - and not just for aesthetic namesake - then this story is for you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ For all the girls who fall for anti-heroes with dangerous minds, layered personalities, and hearts that love only once - this story is for you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Randhir Birla × Tanishka Bhardwaj "If you truly accept me as your husband, Tanishka... then be a good wife and take my virginity, wife." ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Rithvik Agnihotri × Shivanya Chauhan "Please honour me, and please put your beautiful legs on my shoulder and allow me to worship your existence, Shivanya."