🪞 #𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟎𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 She wasn't saved. She was handed over quietly, cruelly, like a secret no one wanted to keep. Nitya was soft. Too soft for a world that carved love out of manipulation and called it care. Raised under a roof where tenderness was twisted and silence was survival, she learned that obedience was the only way to stay invisible. Especially when your own mother becomes the mask behind your undoing. So when Nitya is married off, not for love, not even for tradition, but for control she doesn't protest. She folds. Like she always has. Avayan didn't ask for her. He's all edges and ice unreadable, untouchable, and emotionally void. He only said yes because it was expected of him. But something changes in the stillness. Moments pass. And in between the ones where she's breaking quietly are the ones where someone stays. Not to rescue her. Not to hold her. Just to remain. And somehow, between the words left unsaid and the glances not meant to linger, a slow, aching tenderness begins to rise not loud, not sudden but real. This isn't a story of perfect love. This isn't a story of grand gestures or sudden passion. It's a slow, haunting unraveling - of a girl who was barely even hers, Yet, in a marriage built on duty, can desire turn into something more? Can Nitya find the courage to claim her place beside the man who teases and torments her with a tenderness she never knew she craved? And will Avayan, who never believed in love, realize that she was meant to be his all along? A slow-burning tension, stolen moments, and a love that was never supposed to happen-but refuses to be ignored. A quiet beginning. A burning middle. A love that doesn't save her- but teaches her how to choose herself, and him, at the same time. And the man who unknowingly teaches her how to belong to herself.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 Haze De Luca is the scariest, heartless, most popular boy in the school. Every-time he sees her, he is annoyed. She is an eyesore to him and he can't comprehend this feeling he has towards her. Evelyn Parker is far from what he is. She is shy and has a heart of gold. He is her bully. She thinks he's a monster and is terrified of him. She doesn't know what she did it deserve any of this. ... From since freshman year, he has made it his personal mission to bully her. She has grown to hate him over the years for this but what will happen when they decide to become enemies with benefits? Will they finally address their growing feelings towards one another, or will she remain his secret? ・‥...━━━━━━━☆☆━━━━━━━...‥・ *This book contains sex scenes, drug use, some inappropriate language, physical and verbal abuse which may be triggering for some readers. Please read at one's own risk as a trigger warning will not be designated at each chapter.* THANK YOU FOR THESE TOP RANKINGS!!! #1 in enemies #1 in enemiestolovers #1 in enemieswithbenefits #1 in enemiestofriends #1 in teenromance #1 in teenfiction #1 in badboy #1 in bully #1 in highschoolcrush #1 in forbidden #1 in characterdevelopment #2 in loveromance #2 in highschoolcrush #3 in highschoolsweethearts #3 in highschool #4 in drama #7 in loveromance

# 𝟏 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐁𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 AARAV KAPOOR x NAYRAH SURYAWANSHI "He is my boss, MY LEADER. Tall, handsome, blue eyed, good sense of fashion like him are sure to attract you, but the things i feel towards him are illicit. SERENELY ILLICIT." ⚝ TROPES ⚝ - Forbidden love - Forced proximity - Age gap - Morally grey characters - CEO X employee - Office romance - Dominant Female/ Male Enjoy ✨

#𝟏 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 [14th Sep, 24; 10th Nov, 24; 16th & 17th Dec, 24] #𝟑 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 [9th Nov, 24] #𝟒 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 [13th Sep, 24] #𝟔 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 [14th Dec, 24] #𝟖 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 [15th Dec, 24] What will happen when a workaholic introverted business tycoon is tied up in an arranged marriage with a bubbly, sweet doctor? Will they be able to bridge the gap between their contrasting worlds, or will their differences drive them apart? Will Abhimanyu Singh Rathore learn to open his heart and embrace the joy Samyukta Chauhan brings into his life? Can Samyukta find a way to break through the walls Abhimanyu has built around himself? Why don't you find it out? Abhimanyu Singh Rathore (29) X Samyukta Chauhan (24) TROPES Soft Romance Desi Romance Royalty Mafia X Doctor Brother's Bestfriend/ Sister's Bestfriend IMPRESSIVE RANKINGS #1 Rajasthan (out of 1.71k stories) #1 Desiromance (out of 1.82k stories) #3 Businessman (out of 3.83k stories) #4 Mafia (out of 147k stories) #22 Mafia ( out of 141k stories)