in which a young man signs up to be the heir of a criminal empire, believing he has the cold black heart needed to shoulder his sins. but it only takes a certain woman with paint-smeared hands to prove him wrong.

❝The need to claim you should feel wrong yet nothing about it feels wrong❞

She never wanted to look inside... --- What goes around, comes around. Maybe she should've learned that from the round vadai she sells. --- Thrishala lives in a quiet, inconspicuous town with her daughter Gandhari. Full-time single mother. Part-time vadai seller. What she is seems to fascinate the town's doctor, Mayan Danav - though his interest feels anything but casual. And what she was seems to intrigue her new employee, Dev - a little too much for someone who just fries vadai. Especially when things start going south in the town ever since his arrival. But who is Thrishala, really? Crispy on the outside - all snark, sarcasm, and sharp smiles. Just like her vadai. But will anyone care to find out what's inside? Will she? She never wanted to look inside.

Sagarika Sharma - The redefinition of diamonds are a girl's best friend because her best friend is her gun and she trusts it more than she trusts people. Serving her nation was always her dream and that is how she managed to clear the county's most difficult exam to land up country's most difficult job and that is when the country's strongest organization found her, tested her, and took her under its wing and they have gained from it ever since. She is truly a force to reckon with despite being the youngest of the lot. It doesn't take her a minute to kill when required and spill blood when asked and she is proud of that. R&AW is her passion, love and everything. Dr. Agasthya Singhania - Cardiologist. Savior. God for some. It's his job to save lives and he is among the best fit for it. At the age of twenty-nine, he has conducted the most complicated of surgeries, and helped people and he does all of this with zero emotions evident. He is called the heartless heart fixer as a joke in his own hospital but little do they know that Agasthya Singhania is a synonym of passion or else he wouldn't be where he is. His patients love him and he loves his work. **** A doctor and an intelligence officer have no business being together now, do they? Dig in to find out! A SHORT NOVEL.

Life rarely offers full illumination. We navigate it in half light, where truth flickers uncertainly, love bruises rather than heals, and redemption hides in the shadows.

| Completed in Scrollstck | Arranged marriages: the ultimate gamble where your happily-ever-after hinges on a profile pic and a painfully dull bio. Scary, right? For thirty-one-year-old Srinidhi Shankaran, though, love is a luxury she can't afford. Society's already slapped the "expired" tag on her, so she ditches the romance circus altogether. Instead, she dives headfirst into the chaotic world of matrimonial websites, armed with nothing but determination and a ticking clock. After facing rejection from enough grooms to make her question her existence, she finally stumbles upon one who agrees to marry her. Will she settle for her plain, uneventful life of companionship or will her husband, Mr. Aneesh Muralidharan, stir up those inconvenient, unwelcome emotions people call "love"? ------ Intended for mature readers, rated R (18+) for the subjects dealing with strong language and sexual content. ------ One of the standalone stories from the 'Mad Love' series. ------ [Updated every Saturday; Faster updates in Scrollstck] [Third Person Limited + Omniscient Narration] [Unedited First Draft] [Full-Length Novel, Word Count Approx. 250K to 300K] ----- © 2025 Suganthii Media attached to this story belong to their rightful owners and there is no violation of copyrights.

At a glamorous destination wedding in Udaipur, Saavi stands out as the only single friend in her tight-knit crew, but she's not letting that dampen her spirits. Armed with her feminist flair and a sharp sense of humor, she's ready to tackle the lovey-dovey antics of her friends, dodge their matchmaking attempts, and fend off the relentless aunties eyeing her as their next project. That is, until she meets someone who challenges her beliefs and makes her rethink her life plans and reconsider whether she wants to be a mere "plus one" in all plans her friends make or be the one who brings along a "plus one" of her own. Join Saavi on a quirky adventure filled with laughter, friendship, and the delightful chaos of love in all its messy glory!

"What is your favourite colour?" Esha asked, her fingers grazing her husband's jaw as she leaned back lazily against him on their couch. "Green," he said in a blink, thinking about her in green. It was sight to watch his wife in green, their first meet was still vivid in his memories. She'd worn a beautiful green anarkali, and a pair of cream jhumkas. The light around in the restaurant helped her to shine like a star along with her twinkling eyes and he'd instantly felt tempted by the woman. "Ey! That's mine." She urged turning her head to meet his eyes. Giving her coy and beautiful smile, that's only and only reserved for her, he cupped her soft cheeks in his palms and pecked her nose, right on the piercing-he so loved, and whispered. "And you are mine, sweetheart."

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐲. **** 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔, 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒔, 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝑾𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚. **** 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 had everything she could ever want in life. Except him. 𝐃𝐞𝐯 𝐌𝐞𝐡𝐫𝐚 Her brother's best friend. The one man she loves with all her heart, and the one man she could never have. Because while she was devoted to him, he was devoted to his revenge. For two years they loved on secret, and for the next eight, mourned in silence. For unlike Cinderella, who's story started at midnight, hers ended. Only this time, it was the prince who ran away. But this is not a story of Meera's devotion. This is not a story of Dev's revenge. This is just a simple story of Love. Love, that went against the bounds of rationality, and how the world punished them for it. Because the question never was, if they loved enough. The question was always, if they were ready to lose everything they had in the process. And they did. Every last bit of it. **** ❝If I have him then I have everything. If I don't have him, I have nothing.❞ ❝Bhul jao mujhe. I can never be yours.❞

---▪︎ A Wattpad featured story ▪︎--- What if you run away from one wedding only to get entangled in another-with a complete stranger? *** Doing things without thinking twice is Eve Kavinsky's second nature, just like that one time she nearly burst the science lab with explosive chemicals. But hold on, that's not the worst of it. The story of her life begins in the form of a runaway bride and chasing goons. Add in taking hasty vows and 'accidentally' getting married to a stranger while trying to escape the said goons. Remember how they say 'Stranger Danger'? It isn't until Eve signs an agreement of maintaining a marriage facade for a year to both of their advantages, with her accidental husband slash supposed stranger, does she realize the man she married isn't stranger but all danger. There's something about the criminal lawyer, Axel Hernandez, that is full of lethal calm and burning vengeance. The more she knows about him, the more he confuses her. Yet, somehow Eve's atoms connects with Axel's atoms just about right and they create explosive chemistry. Not just romantic ones, but also dangerous ones. And who knows, Eve might be hiding secrets of her own. Dark, twisted secrets.