"Every step you take away from me only drives you closer to the brink of my madness. You belong to me, Winter. Any alternative reality or illusion you hope for- I will destroy them until your very existence is entwined with mine." -𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞 Eighteen-year-old Winter has always been a quiet shadow, a shy spy avoiding the perils of the spotlight. But when she's tasked with stalking five powerful Heirs, her carefully crafted invisibility shatters. Her mission is clear: erase their scandals, track their every move, and never draw attention. Yet, when she crosses paths with Ivan Arcane-the ruthless heir to one of the world's most powerful empires-everything changes. At first, Ivan saw her as dull and dependent, an insignificant watcher in the crowd. A beautiful doll to be kept locked and safe somewhere- an innocence belonging nowhere near him or his world. But when she makes one fatal mistake, he uncovers the sharp, wild mind she's concealed beneath fragile masks of pink and purples. Now, Ivan is obsessed, determined to dismantle her defenses and claim her as his own. And In a world where power rules, Winter is no longer the Hunter in the game -she's Ivan's fixation, a prey to a predator and he'll stop at nothing to change the very narrative of the fairy tale so the villain gets the girl in the end. REVIEWS This book is so consuming. My heart is unsteady since i read this chapter. I read it trice and i am stil recovering -neilavni_love I am blown away. WTF just happend? -meladeeee I think i seriously need to go for a check up. Why does my heart race so fast reading every fucking chapter? -amara_sullivan IVAN FUCKING ARCANE I love you so much baby -googleydodley So hot for what? -kookieshopes •CHECK LIST OF TRIGGER WARNINGS INSIDE• •4 YEAR AGE GAP• •DUAL POV•

Academic Rivals to lovers📚📒🎀✨✨ From Teenage to Adulthood🎇 Multi-couple💗💗 "You're insufferable, Kushal!" Sana fumed, arms crossed. "And you're obsessed with me, admit it," Kushal shot back with a smug grin. "In your dreams!" she retorted. "Funny," he said, leaning closer. "You're in mine every night." At Emerald Crest Academy, where grades, pranks, and egos reign supreme, Sana Mehra and Kushal Malhotra are locked in an eternal battle of wits and wills. She's the perfectionist who won't back down. He's the charmer who lives to drive her mad. "Armaan," Sniti groaned, "stop eating my lunch!" "It's a trade, Snitz! I give you jokes, you gimme food," Armaan replied, grinning. Rishabh rolled his eyes. "Some of us don't need to steal food for attention." Sniti smirked. "True. You're busy stealing hearts instead, right, Mr. Popular?" But life outside the classroom isn't as simple. Secrets from the past, heartbreaks that never healed, and the weight of choices linger just beneath the surface. "Do you even remember me?" Sana whispered, her voice trembling. Kushal looked at her, guilt and longing in his eyes. "I remember... I remember everything but the parts I wish I could...." With friendships tested, love complicated, and rivalry giving way to something much deeper, Rivals at Heart is a rollercoaster of emotions. Add in a crew of friends whose antics guarantee chaos and comedy at every turn, and this story proves that sometimes, the best rivalries make for the greatest love stories. "Sniti," Rishabh said softly, his voice cracking. "I've waited years to say this." "Waited years to annoy me again?" she teased, though her smile faltered as his eyes stayed serious. "I waited years to come back to you." *cries dramatically, putting a hand on his forehead* "Oh, my lover, where are you? Why must I suffer alone in this sea of emotions?" - Armaan. Laughter, drama, and unexpected twists-this is not just a rivalry; it's a journey through love, loss.....

Ruhaan oberoi and sitara Khanna tied a knot of marriage six months back. A power couple for the outside world. But inside the four wall they are just Stangers. Who only knows eachother's name. Ruhaan oberoi is CEO of oberio industries. He is known as cold, ruthless and angry businessman but the truth only revolves around his family. There was a time when he used to make everyone laugh with his silly jokes. He used to smile at everyone. But one incident changed cheerful Ruhaan to cold Ruhaan oberio. The incident which removed ruhaan's smile from his life.He lost his love. And the main thing there is no way to comeback of her. He wanted to spend his life with her memories but it changed when his father emotionally forced him to marry a girl of his father's choice. Sitara Khanna is just like her name. She is star of her father's eye. She lost her mother in car accident when she was 13. Her father is her everything since then. A father, a mother ,a friend. She trusts her father blindly. And just like this she said yes to marry Ruhaan oberio when her father asked her. She trusts her father. But she never knew that Ruhaan isn't interested in marrying until thier marriage day. They were living their life without interfering eachother's life. But what will happen when she fell first, will he fall harder? Or she have to go through his ignorance for rest of her life Glimpse: ["And yes" he tilted his head towards the girl " she is really a gold digger" ruhaan said and made sad face Both the ladies looked at him confusingly "Dil churaya hai inhone hamara" (She stole my heart) ruhaan said looking at sitara ] Ps: English isn't my first language so please ignore any grammar mistakes. With love _ Aarohi

Like the collision of two stars, they crashed into each other, unexpectedly and unforgivingly. Avni perceives him as an intrusive man. Despite the irresistible and suave charms, she is determined to avoid him. Except for Viransh, she is a risk and a mystery that he vows to unravel and uncover the shattered woman hidden beneath the facade of an impudent heiress. Amidst the chaos, they draw closer to each other, sailing toward the shore of love. But shadows of their past loom like giant waves, threatening to turn over their fragile ship. So does the billowing black smoke of secrets inscribed in Avni's diary. Will they let the tempest of their pasts consume them? Or will they build an anchor of strength to weather the storm together?

[ON HOLD] "𝐃𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐠𝐮𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞, 𝐤𝐲𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐨 𝐣𝐚𝐚𝐲𝐞." 𝐈 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬. "𝐏𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐡𝐬 𝐤𝐲𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐚𝐛 𝐰𝐨𝐡𝐢 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐪 𝐡𝐨 𝐣𝐚𝐚𝐲𝐞?" 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞. *ੈ✩‧₊˚༺☆༻*ੈ✩‧₊˚ What happens when Richard Knight, the richest businessman in the United States dies in his own house? It disturbs the working of the entire nation, entangling six people in a web making them play the game of life and death. Maya D'Souza, the wife, Hayden Knight, the younger brother and Rajveer Singhania, the business rival are the prime suspects of this murder. Each of them having their own reasons, secrets and an image to protect but that's almost impossible when you have the entire FBI behind you and the world is enjoying the scandal of your life. Siddharth Grover, the head of FBI leading this inspection of the murder along with Riccardo D'Angelo and Olivia Forbes is hell bent to find the guilty and destroy their entire life before putting them behind the bars for life. On the other hand is Rysa Kapoor who would do anything to protect her best friend, Maya, even if it means she has to frame someone. But the question that remains is, Who Killed Richard Knight? "Shhh... wo ek Raaz hai."

(𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 #𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬) "𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞" ~𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐𝒗 ❝𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮.❞ ***************************************** " 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭" ~𝑺𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒂 𝑹𝒂𝒋𝒑𝒖𝒕 ❝𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫.❞ ***************************************** Want to know more? Then start reading already.

-𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐡𝐢 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐫𝐨𝐤 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦 𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐲𝐞>>𖹭 ⭑ 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 "𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐂"? 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐣𝐚𝐝𝐮? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐲𝐨𝐦𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓. 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐀. 𝐈𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧. ⭑ 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐬? "𝐕𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐬-- 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬?" 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐚'𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞. "𝐆𝐮𝐲𝐬-- 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐌𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒. 𝐈 𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑" 𝐕𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝. "𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐍 𝟏𝟑𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐄?"

|𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬 - 𝐈| 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴. "Junoon ban chuki ho tum. Ishq ki tapish se bhi tez aur pagalpan ki har hadon se paar. Is qadar beyhadh ki tumhari rooh tak qaid karne ka irada hai." Upon stumbling with "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒐𝒚 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒆" Aarav on her cousin's wedding, Mishika struggles to keep the dark secrets hidden under the veil. However fate has always been cruel to her. Betrayed and tricked by her own extended family, she finds herself at the altar, 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 the man who was supposed to be her cousin's husband-to-be, the same man she had hated for 6 years. Threatened to take 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 on the very first night by her forced husband, she was pushed and pulled between the past she can't get over from and the practicality of life. When she scramble to figure out her expectations and boundaries in the hopeless marriage, she was left shaken when her 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦-𝘧𝘰𝘳-𝘢-𝘏𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 confessed about being 𝑶𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 with her since 8 years. An obsession he strived years to bury and get over with. But will it be so easy for 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 to incarcerate his favourite 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆 when somewhere deep he knew that 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥 ? her heart was latched with HATE his mind was tainted with LUST? ❌No Cheating Between The Leads❌

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