An office romance. Gabriella has built a new life after divorcing her possessive, alcoholic husband. He was the only man who ever paid attention to her. Though scared, she finally broke away from him. Now she has a new apartment and job. When Gabriella discovered that one of her new coworkers was her high school classmate, Emily, she felt relieved. Though Emily made Gabriella feel welcome, her new boss, Gray, did not. He was very strict about training and drove Gabriella crazy. No one knew much about his personal life at all. When Gabriella didn't think she would ever be in another relationship, another coworker, Garrett, entered her life. Despite her mixed feelings towards him and lack of self-confidence, Gabriella was persuaded to give Garrett a chance. Gabriella eventually decided it was time to move on from her ex-husband. Thanks to her new coworkers, she later realized she was worth more than she initially thought.

[NOT A HAPPY ENDING. Brace yourselves.] Shreya's last hope for a peaceful life is marriage and moving out of the toxic environment of her family home. Lakshya hopes his girlfriend is ready for marriage, but isn't. In a marriage between these two, will they ever see eye to eye? What's more, Shreya falls in love with Lakshya at first sight, and her heart does not seem to change with Lakshya's rudeness. However, there's a lot more to worry than that as Shreya's depression spirals with no one knowing. PENDING STRUCTURAL EDIT. First few chapters will bog you down since a good chunk of that goes down the drain when I sit for the edit. I ask you to get through. I immensely appreciate it, thank you! PENDING STRUCTURAL EDIT. ⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶ ⭐ Featured by Wattpad on Romance's New Adult reading list. ⭐ Proudly the winner of 2nd place in The Happiness Awards for Romance category. ⊶ ⊷ ⊶ ⊷ ⊶ ⊷ ⊶ ⊷ ⊶ ⊷ ⊶ ⊷ 💜 Main story: (Not HE) [Short-haired Shreya ✕ Long-locked Lakshya] [Travel] 💜 Side story: (HE) [Topper Shreekant ✕ Dumb Dhriti] [Med school] ⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷⊶⊷ Specifications: ➙ Genre: Tragedy/Psychological/New Adult Romance. ➙ Trope: Slooooouooow burn, so do stick around. ➙ Updates: Every month on the 21st. ➙ Chapter length: 3500 words aprox. ➙ Projected total chapters: 30. ➙ Narrative style: 3rd limited POV. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭．𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠． Please bear wit

[Wattys 2023 Grand Prize Winner] After an eight-hour flight sitting next to her high school nemesis Jackson Carter, fashion designer and barista Isabelle Curtis thought that would finally be the last she would see of him. But as the saying goes, famous last words. * * * Isabelle Curtis and Jackson Carter were fierce academic rivals in high school, up until Jackson moved to the UK in junior year for boarding school. Eight years later, Jackson has returned from abroad to take on the role of CEO at his late father's company. When Isabelle and Jackson meet again, there's a war of words, banter and a passionate dislike towards each other. Throw in a high school reunion, some more chaos, and a 'deal' in the mix-one that might just involve a little faking and pretending. It's all fun and games and tit for tat, almost just like in high school, until real feelings become involved...