"He didn't hide her from the world. He hid the world from her" 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐡𝐮𝐣𝐚 𝐱 𝐀𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 She believes in love. He believes in control. She thought she was writing a new story from the beginning. But this story? It was always his. Start:- 25 Jan 2026 End:-

Aadhya Agarwal, 24, a young fashion designer with dreams dipped in red, lives like the warm glow of a diya on a quiet night. She's soft in the way she speaks, fierce in the way she loves, and carries that sunshine energy that makes people feel lighter just by standing near her. She believes in soulmate-level love, in rituals, in anklets that jingle when she walks toward a future she's always imagined for herself. Abhinav Malhotra, 30, a CEO carved out of discipline and silence, moves through life like a man who's forgotten what warmth feels like. His world is made of glass offices, cold coffee, and unspoken fears. Stoic eyes, quiet voice, careful steps - the sort of man who keeps his heart locked behind his ribs because he's convinced it doesn't deserve a home. She wants a real marriage. He gives her a contract instead. No reasons. No explanations. Just rules. But every rule shakes when her warmth collides with his silence, when her middle-class softness enters his billionaire world, when her brightness starts cracking the walls he's spent years building. Two strangers. One contract. A house full of tension. A heart full of secrets. A marriage that was never meant to feel this real. Tropes: ✨ arranged marriage ✨ contract marriage ✨ grumpy × sunshine ✨ rich × middle class ✨ fall-first-but-deny-it ✨ slow-burn tension ✨ emotional healing arc

Book 1 of 𝗠𝗢𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 ♡𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸♡ 𝗝𝗶𝗻𝘅𝗲𝗱 ~❝The stars wrote their ending... destiny rewrote it.❞ ☆───────────────♡₊˚ˑ "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞." I snarled, pushing his hands away from my cheeks. Chuckling, he gripped my jaw and whispered, "𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?" My heart clenched, remembering the deal, while a tear fell from my eyes. ☆° Kumud - a carefree girl, naughty and bubbly. She didn't care about anyone's opinion and lived her life to the fullest. Being the daughter of the chieftain of Raigarh, she was adored by the royals themselves. The king and queen treated her as equal to their daughter, Meera. And Meera - she too treated her as her own. Their bond was inseparable, so whenever she visited her aunt's house in Tejbhoomi, she used to take her along. There, they both used to pull pranks and fill the house with their lovely laughter. Tejbhoomi had two princes - Aadvit and Aadvik but no princess, so the queen treated Kumud and Meera as her own. Out of love, she asked Kumud's father for her hand for one of her sons. But it came with a condition - the son who would take the throne would marry her. Adaman t to keep Kumud, Tejbhoomi's king and queen agreed, not knowing what havoc they had invoked. The marriage, which was supposed to make everyone happy, turned out to be horrible. And at last, it ended with death. But did it really end, or was it the beginning of something far worse and more dangerous? 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 (❁'◡'❁

Was it her fate? To marry someone 13 years older than her? Sarisha Rawal was the girl who stomped in her town of Vardhgarh on her bare feet, exploring the beauty of living with her open eyes. Until those feet were halted by a tragedy. When eternal sunshine is not so bright eternally and the darkness looms over her life in a form of a husband. There she stands, under a big question to find someone, who is responsible for her miserable state. And that someone she believes is none other than her life partner. Vidyut Daiwar was the right-hand man of the current ruler of Rajasthan's patriarchal modern world of politicians and unrecalled for rulers. When his fate is tied in the game of lands and politics only to conquer something trivial. He is condoned to take the fatal step of marriage. But his unnerving felicity had other plans for him. One he was not ready to accept, at least not in the form of a 19-year-old girl.

˙⋆✮ 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅. ───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───── "Bataiye, kon hai hum aapke?" she cried, broken. In two strides he reached her, grabbed her arm, and turned her around sharply, pulling her into his arms. His arms locked around her trembling body as if he'd never let her go. "Jaan ho tum meri," He whispered harshly against her hair, hugging her tighter as she wept into his chest. *************** Three fucking years since she left. And yet, it feels like yesterday. I didn't stop her. I watched her pack. Silent. Cold. Pretending like I didn't care. Like her walking out of the door wasn't tearing something apart inside me. Maybe I thought if I didn't beg, if I didn't plead, I'd come off stronger. But all I did was let the only woman I ever loved slip through my fingers. And every goddamn day since, I've been living with that choice.

At Westbridge International University, the rich rule the world. Luxury cars. Billionaire heirs. Designer lives. And in the middle of them all stands Dhruv Sharma- a scholarship student with bruised knuckles, sleepless nights, and a heart he's buried too deep for anyone to reach. Cold. Quiet. Untouchable. Until Riya Raichand enters his life. The university's golden girl. Billionaire heiress. Too pretty. Too loud. Too emotional for her own good. She smiles like sunshine. He survives like a storm. He thinks she's another spoiled rich girl. She thinks he's the most beautiful person she's ever met. And somewhere between accidental kisses, midnight bike rides, jealousy, heartbreak, hidden truths, and a love neither of them knows how to handle- their worlds begin colliding in the most dangerous way possible. But some love stories aren't just written by fate. Some were started long before the two people even remembered each other. A story about: ✧ rich girl x scholarship boy ✧ grumpy x sunshine ✧ obsessive slow burn ✧ hidden childhood connection ✧ jealousy, angst & emotional chaos ✧ "he fell first but she fell harder" energy ✧ heartbreak that physically hurts ✧ protective male lead ✧ touch-starved boy learning love ✧ Bollywood-level drama And a boy who spent his whole life believing he was unwanted... until one girl loved him enough to change his destiny. "Maybe in every universe, it was always supposed to be you."

𓆩♡𓆪 She had a crush on him despite knowing he was her brother's biggest rival. She knew he was older than her. She knew the world he belonged to was nothing like hers. So she let herself move on. Until he returned. And instead of protecting her, her brother left her in the hands of the one man she never expected to face again. It shattered her beyond words. Now, living under the same roof as him, she is forced to question everything she thought she knew-about her family, her past, and the man she had quietly admired for years. Because the man she had only known by his reputation is nothing like the man she meets behind closed doors. And as the distance between them begins to fade, she finds herself standing at the crossroads of loyalty, betrayal and a love she thought she had buried long ago. Somewhere between unspoken feelings, shared silences, and a home that was never meant to be hers, she realises that the hardest battle isn't choosing between right and wrong- It's choosing between the family she has always known... and the man she was never supposed to love. Perhaps that's why people say... The heart never asks whether someone is meant for you. It only asks whether you're brave enough to stay when nothing goes as planned. It never asks whether they're ready. Only whether they're willing to survive each other. 𓆩♡𓆪 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴

✧⁠◝⁠(⁠⁰⁠▿⁠⁰⁠)⁠◜⁠✧The Hukum's Reign (⁠*⁠˘⁠︶⁠˘⁠*⁠)⁠.⁠｡⁠*⁠♡ Season~1 Ekaksh & Surbhi .⁠｡♡ Ekaksh Singh Rajvanshi He is the ruthless Mafia King of Russia and the future Hukum sa of Rajasthan. Cold brutal and deeply feared. He kills with a cold, sadistic smile. He ignores his enemy's frantic pleas, slowly breaking their bones before slitting their throat with a silent blade, treating their final gasp like a minor inconvenience.His obsession with Surbhi is a dark, consuming fever. For nine years, he has tracked her every breath, surrounding her with invisible shadows to ensure she belongs only to him. Every photo of her is memorized, every man who looks at her is eliminated, and his entire empire is just a cage he is building to lock her in forever. .⁠｡♡ Surbhi Sharma ✧。 She is a vision of ethereal beauty, with skin as delicate as porcelain and hair as dark as night. Her eyes sparkled like diamond, shining with a quiet intensity.The curves of her lips can even charm the god and her smile can light up the whole night. A fairy like beauty. But the more she is beautiful, the more she has to face trouble. Her beauty is a curse to her. If her beauty can be boon, than it can also be a curse. She hate herself for that but she can't do anything. ✯Tropes~: Forced Marriage Age gap Obsessed ML & Innocent FL He fell first harder and harder Forced Proximity Underworld Mafia king Revenge Stalker's Obsession Royal, College Romance

#TOP 9 in India [ 28/06/2026] #TOP 4 in India [ 29 /06] [ 31/07] [1/2/3/4/5/6/7/08/26] #TOP 3 in India [ 30/7/2026] BOOK ONE OF FORCED MARRIAGE SERIES. Dhananjay Reddy is a 34-year-old South Indian mafia and a powerful businessman ruling across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. His fear is so absolute that people tremble before taking his name, the world calls him only as Mr. Reddy, except his family. He is a devoted follower of Mahakaal. Power, blood and control define his world. There was only one weakness in his life Vaidehi Rao. His college crush and obsession. When Dhananjay was in his final year of college and Vaidehi was a fresher, they fell into a relationship that consumed him completely. He needed her not just to love but to breathe. Then everything shattered Vaidehi married another man. On her wedding night Dhananjay shot her husband right in front of her eyes. Broken and devastated Vaidehi cursed him "The day you fall in love again, that love will be taken away from you right before your eyes Dhananjay Reddy." Dhananjay laughed at fate, he believed he was no longer capable of loving anyone but destiny had other plans. He is forced into marriage with a girl nine years younger than him. Aashiyaana Raj 25- years -old. A North Indian girl-soft-spoken, naive and innocent. She has zero knowledge of South Indian culture, language or traditions. The land, the people, the customs everything about his world is foreign to her. She lost her parents in a tragic accident while she was in the 12th grade and was taken in by her uncle. A devoted follower of Mahakaali, her faith was her only strength until the day her uncle revealed the truth. He had been blackmailed if Aashiyaana did not marry Mr. Reddy their lives would be destroyed and so she said yes. Will Dhananjay Reddy ever love again? Will Vaidehi's curse come true? And what is the real truth behind Vaidehi marriage? Will his family accept Aashiyaana? To find out read the story.

# Top 3 in india -(19,20,21/08/25) # Top 7 in india -(25,26/08/25) 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 Destiny is written by God, and only He can change it. She is a young woman-innocent, naive, and pure-hearted-who has known nothing but pain in the world. Her parents don't care for her; in fact, they despise her. Alone and abandoned, she struggles to survive in a world that seems determined to break her. He is the ruthless mafia king of India, feared by all and loyal only to his family. He doesn't believe in love... until she enters his life, and everything he thought he knew begins to change. read the whole book and enjoy .. english is not my first language so sorry for grammar mistakes 36 #bride - out of 2.19k stories #3-loveaffairs. #11-coldhearted #1-introvert #1-mbbs #5--brothers #2-lovestory(out of 396k)