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

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆-𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚. "Vaani, we're getting married next week and that's not a proposal. It's a statement and you better accept it." Anger rushed to me. How dare he? He really thinks that he can walk into my life and ask for marriage? Oh no he is not even asking. "And you just decided that, Kabir? You didn't even ask me once before deciding." I said and pushed him away, he smiled sarcastically. "Look who is talking. Did you? Vaani kapoor? Did you ask me for once? Before abandoning the guy who trusted you with everything because something happened between us that wasn't supposed to happen? Did you ask before ghosting me for weeks? Did you ask before deciding that you will raise our child alone?" he said and the words caught on my throat. I know I am wrong. But getting married to him would make it more complicated for all of us. "Yes, I accept I did all that but who are you to decide that I will marry you?" I asked and he just inhaled then walked to the bench and picked up my bag. "I am..." he looked at me again. "The father of your child."

Six years into a marriage that once promised her everything, Niyati has learned the loveliest of homes could still be a terribly lonely place. Her husband has never been cruel. Never unfaithful. Never unkind. Perhaps that is what makes it difficult to leave him. For there are marriages broken by betrayal, and then some simply fall apart. She has spent years waiting for something between them to change. At last, she decides it must. She asks her husband for a divorce. He says no. Not because he knows how to mend their marriage. Not because he suddenly becomes the husband she once dreamt of. But because, for the first time, he is forced to confront the possibility that the only person who has ever chosen to stay may finally choose to leave. Except that leaving is never easy when there is a child who belongs to them both. Niyati must decide whether what remains between them is worth saving when staying has taught her that a person can disappear without ever leaving.

Some love stories don't begin with butterflies or dreamy dreams. Some begin with heartbreaks, scars, and two people who have forgotten what it means to hope again. When two people meet, it doesn't always mean they are destined to be together. Sometimes, they are simply two souls who walk beside each other for a while, only to discover that their paths were never meant to meet. Saanjh Sharma and Siddharth Bansal are two strangers from different worlds, with completely opposite personalities and yet, more similarities than they could ever imagine. They were never supposed to meet. They were never supposed to fall in love. And perhaps, they were never supposed to be together. Yet destiny had other plans. Their story is not just about how two strangers met. It is about the love they found in each other, the scars they carried, the heartbreaks they had survived, and the curiosity of what happens when two people who were never meant to be find themselves wanting to stay. Maybe some love stories are not written by destiny. Maybe they are written by the people who choose to fight for them. This is the journey of Saanjh and Siddharth. A journey filled with love, curiosity, heartbreak, healing, and scars. And perhaps, a second chance at forever.

A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES FROM SHATTERED HEARTS "Kuchh mohabbatein adhuri reh kar bhi, dilon mein mukammal dastaan ban jaati hain." 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 - 𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 (𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐱 𝐚𝐫𝐣𝐮𝐧)

मौसमी ये प्रीत नहीं वो जो बीत जाए दूर ही सही हम दोनों पर हैं नहीं पराए 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝐷𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 ~ 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖 𝙏𝙤 𝘼𝙄𝙄𝙈𝙎 In a village where girls grow up believing marriage is their only destiny, Katha stands out mischievous, bright, and blissfully unserious about studies. Daughter of the sarpanch, she's a whirlwind of laughter and freedom, convinced her future is already written... until one evening changes everything. A television interview. State topper. Lakshya Agnihotri. One look at him, and Katha's heart races not just with a crush, but with a spark of ambition she never knew she had. Determined to reach him, she hides her real motive from her parents, and with only her brother's quiet support, she dives into a life of late-night study sessions, whispered dreams, and fierce discipline. Every exam she clears feels like rebellion. Every step toward AIIMS Patna feels like a door opening. But as she gets closer to her goal, Katha begins to see that her journey is about more than a boy it's about becoming the woman she never thought she could be. Will she win his heart, or will she discover something far more powerful: her own? जैसे सदियों से ही मिलते नहीं चाँद तारे फिर भी आसमां में लगते दोनों कितने प्यारे ये तो जाने सारी दुनिया She chased a boy... and found herself. From village girl to dreamer one crush changed everything. Sometimes a crush isn't just a crush... it's a calling. She thought she was running after him - but she was running toward her destiny. Love lit the spark. Ambition kept it burning. जागी सारी सारी रतियाँ तारों भरी

To all the girlies who were told to stay soft in a world built on blood. You were born to command. Fuck obedience.

Mission: Escape Marriage. Well, what happens when both the bride and groom decide to run away from their wedding? Zaira Mehta had one mission on her wedding day: disappear. She was tired of everyone planning her future for her and was determined to take control of her own life, even if it meant leaving everything behind. Aarish Raheja had a mission of his own. As an architect whose life was built on plans and perfection, running away was the last thing he ever imagined doing. Yet there he was, walking away from a future he never chose. What starts as a simple attempt to avoid marriage soon turns into something far more complicated because sometimes, the person you're trying to escape from is the very person you're meant to find. Mission: Escape Marriage was supposed to be simple. Too bad love had other plans.⊹ฺ

A love story that neither of them planned... but one destiny had already written. He was a man who never bowed before anyone... ...until one day, he willingly laid his pride at her feet. She was a girl who had spent years fighting battles no one could see... ...until his quiet presence became the safest place she'd ever known. Two strangers. Two different worlds. Completely opposite paths. Yet somehow... Destined to become each other's greatest strength... ...and the hardest test of each other's lives. When love is forced to choose between dreams, duty, distance, and destiny... ...what survives? Love? Dreams? Or the people who dare to hold on to both? Because sometimes, destiny doesn't bring two people together to make life easier... It brings them together to change who they become. He belonged to the sky. She was still searching for where she belonged. Neither of them knew... that some journeys aren't walked alone, no matter how long they resist them. Now turn the page and witness the moment two completely different worlds collide.

She likes cappuccinos. He likes chai in steel tumblers. She knows hospital corridors. He knows mountain trails. Adrija Pandey has spent her whole life in Dehradun - surrounded by city chaos and the comfort of knowing every street by heart. She's a doctor, certain her love story will be nothing like the small-town romances her mother keeps hinting at. Agastya Joshi is an Indian Army officer from the quiet hills of Almora - the kind of man who can fix a roof in the rain, find the sweetest kaafal on the slopes, and loves to sleep under a sky full of stars. He's as theth pahadi as they come... and the last person Adrija expects to be paired with for an arranged marriage. But when two worlds - lattes and laaltains , collide and sparks fly in the most unexpected ways. Between misunderstandings, stolen glances, family drama, and the unmistakable charm of the mountains, Adrija begins to wonder... Maybe love isn't about where you're from. Maybe it's about where you're meant to belong. Now, between lattes and laaltains, Adrija must figure out if opposites just clash... or if they fall in love. "You belong in the city, Adrija." "Then why do the mountains feel like home... when you're there?" *********************************************** "So... where do we fit? In your city cafes or my mountain nights?" "Somewhere in between, Agastya...𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨."